title: [A harvest time for genomic research].
abstract: The article consists in a review of the human genome project, launched a decade ago to characterise the entire human genome. The project has proved highly successful, due both to the economy of so large scale an endeavour and to the value of gaining access to such an abundance of biological information. Accordingly, similar approaches have also been adopted in efforts to characterise the entire range of genes expressed as mRNA and as protein. Genomic information has become an invaluable asset to biomedical research, and both the information obtained and the methodology developed are now important adjuncts of pharmaceutical research. Applications in clinical medicine follow, albeit at a slower rate.
authors.affiliation: Institutionerna för genetik, Uppsala universitet.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Landegren
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D016045:Human Genome Project; D006801:Humans; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012106:Research
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger