‘Sifting the significance from the data’ - the impact of high-throughput genomic technologies on human genetics and health care
<p>Abstract</p> <p>This report is of a round-table discussion held in Cardiff in September 2009 for Cesagen, a research centre within the Genomics Network of the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council. The meeting was arranged to explore ideas as to the likely future course of h...
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doaj-e5244f0ea7c0419294b61123391c07572020-11-25T00:24:17ZengBMCHuman Genomics1479-73642012-08-01611110.1186/1479-7364-6-11‘Sifting the significance from the data’ - the impact of high-throughput genomic technologies on human genetics and health careClarke Angus JCooper David NKrawczak MichaelTyler-Smith ChrisWallace Helen MWilkie Andrew O MRaymond FrancesChadwick RuthCraddock NickJohn RosGallacher JohnChiano Mathias<p>Abstract</p> <p>This report is of a round-table discussion held in Cardiff in September 2009 for Cesagen, a research centre within the Genomics Network of the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council. The meeting was arranged to explore ideas as to the likely future course of human genomics. The achievements of genomics research were reviewed, and the likely constraints on the pace of future progress were explored. New knowledge is transforming biology and our understanding of evolution and human disease. The difficulties we face now concern the interpretation rather than the generation of new sequence data. Our understanding of gene-environment interaction is held back by our current primitive tools for measuring environmental factors, and in addition, there may be fundamental constraints on what can be known about these complex interactions.</p> http://www.humgenomics.com/content/6/1/11 |
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Clarke Angus J Cooper David N Krawczak Michael Tyler-Smith Chris Wallace Helen M Wilkie Andrew O M Raymond Frances Chadwick Ruth Craddock Nick John Ros Gallacher John Chiano Mathias ‘Sifting the significance from the data’ - the impact of high-throughput genomic technologies on human genetics and health care Human Genomics |
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‘Sifting the significance from the data’ - the impact of high-throughput genomic technologies on human genetics and health care |
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‘Sifting the significance from the data’ - the impact of high-throughput genomic technologies on human genetics and health care |
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‘Sifting the significance from the data’ - the impact of high-throughput genomic technologies on human genetics and health care |
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‘sifting the significance from the data’ - the impact of high-throughput genomic technologies on human genetics and health care |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>This report is of a round-table discussion held in Cardiff in September 2009 for Cesagen, a research centre within the Genomics Network of the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council. The meeting was arranged to explore ideas as to the likely future course of human genomics. The achievements of genomics research were reviewed, and the likely constraints on the pace of future progress were explored. New knowledge is transforming biology and our understanding of evolution and human disease. The difficulties we face now concern the interpretation rather than the generation of new sequence data. Our understanding of gene-environment interaction is held back by our current primitive tools for measuring environmental factors, and in addition, there may be fundamental constraints on what can be known about these complex interactions.</p> |
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