May 16, 2008
Years of Toil in the Lab Yield a New Field
Researchers look beyond genetics to help doctors predict disease
The human genome has yet to live up to its hype. Its decoding a few years ago was supposed to have been the dawn of the age of personalized medicine. It was going to usher in a new era of health for everyone. But it turned out that health is affected by a lot more than genes.
Of course, scientists already knew that. They knew that the environment and life experiences have a huge impact on disease. So, quietly, some
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