Friday, June 11, 2010
‘The DNA sequence of humans is nearly unravelled’ – That's what American scientists said 10 years ago in the White House.
By understanding our genetic code, we would soon gain a clearer image of ourselves. Sickness would no longer hold any secrets from us. What is the situation now 10 years later? Have those promises been fulfilled?
On 26 May, Gert-Jan van Ommen (Centre for Medical Systems Biology), Hub Zwart (Centre for Society and Genomics), Dorien Huttenhuis, Elizabeth Vroom, Maryze Schoneveld van der Linde and Terry Vrijenhoek gave their personal opinion in the Rode Hoed.
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