Genome Scans: Impatient for the Payoff

摘要

A simmering debate in the genomics community about research strategy went public last week in commentaries published online by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). A central disagreement concerns the likely value of chip-based genome scans to gauge inherited risks of developing common diseases. The discussion comes at a time when the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is asking scientists to help set its course in a new 5-year road map.