Initial Impact of the Sequencing of the Human Genome

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Journal Nature

Specialty Science

Date 2011 Feb 11

PMID 21307931

Citations 381

Authors

Eric S Lander

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Abstract

The sequence of the human genome has dramatically accelerated biomedical research. Here I explore its impact, in the decade since its publication, on our understanding of the biological functions encoded in the genome, on the biological basis of inherited diseases and cancer, and on the evolution and history of the human species. I also discuss the road ahead in fulfilling the promise of genomics for medicine.

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