A Turning Point for Personal Genomes
September 24, 2009 | Source: Technology Review
Sequencing a human genome has become routine enough to generate medically useful information, says Paul Flicek, a bioinformaticist with the European Bioinformatics Institute.
In a few cases, scientists have already been able to find the genetic cause of a disorder by sequencing an affected person’s genome or by identifying differences in tumor vs. normal tissue.