In 2013 we celebrated two magnificent achievements in biology: the 60th Anniversary of Watson and Crick’s DNA double helix and the 10th Anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project.
When the Human Genome Project began, we knew the genetic basis of about 60 rare diseases caused by defects in a single gene. Today, we know the genetic basis of nearly 5000 diseases.
According to Dr. Eric Green of the National Human Genome Research Institute, the NIH’s vision integrates all....