title: Gene dreams.
abstract: I remember sitting in one of my genetics lectures in the early days of university and being in awe of the complexity of the human being but also at science’s ability to probe it. We were in the thick of The Human Genome Project’s culmination and all that it promised for the future of medicine. My mind wandered from the nitty-gritty of base pairs to imagine a time when one’s personalised blueprint would be an essential tool in the doctor’s armament, as commonplace and essential as a full blood examination or electrocardiogram.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Metcalfe
mesh_terms: D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005826:Genetics, Medical; D006801:Humans