Getting it wrong,incorrectly?

摘要

Could it be that we are getting biology wrong? Moreover,have we been doing that incorrectly? Excuse the double negative-but I do have reason.It is no secret that the promise of the genomic age has yet to materialise.It was one of the great scientific journeys of our time.From Watson,Crick and Frankin's elucidation of the DNA double helix right through to the human genome project it was a hell of an intellectual ride.Yet it has become clear that the distance from the genome to the phenome was harder to bridge than the fervour of the genomic age made us think.We now know how to read the book of life,but we still don't really understand what it says.We know the notes,but we can't quite see how they mesh to form the symphony.Whatever your metaphor of choice...it is clear that simply knowing the code hasn't given us the incredible breakthroughs in understanding or even medicine that we once thought.