title: [Promises and limits of genomics and its applications].
abstract: This text traces the extraordinary advances made in genomics for 40 years: recombinant DNA, transgenesis or genetic sequencing. In recent years, the model "all genetics" was questioned and post-genomics emerged in the molecular landscape. The promises of medical advances are many and the ethical issues that accompany them are challenges. Advances in synthetic biology are a relevant illustration of these promises and challenges.
authors.affiliation: Académie des sciences, 23, quai de Conti, 75006 Paris, France. Electronic address: francois.gros@academie-sciences.fr.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gros
mesh_terms: D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000235:genetics*; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D023281:Genomics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant
keywords: Biologie de synthèse; Biomedicine; Biomédecine; Post-genomics; Post-génomique; Synthetic biology