" Genomics is a way to do science, not medicine" -- Dr. Harold Varmus, National Cancer Institute Director
Given the amount of time and money spent on the Human Genome Project, New York Times writer, Nicholas Wade, suggests that the research has accomplished little in the direction of developing treatments for genetically-linked diseases. While the genome project has produced disappointing results for medicine but the research has contributed much to basic science. Knowing that genetic variants contribute a small fraction to the onset of a disease, where else should we be looking for other answers? What could and could not be learned from the HapMap?
