Abstract
Due to lack of appreciation of the complexities of the interactions between nature and nurture, claims for the rapid improvements in medical care following the human genome project have been exaggerated. Although some progress has been made in certain fields, the full scope of genomic medicine may not be realised for many years.
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Keynote speech in the First Hangzhou International Symposium on the Medical and Laboratory Applications of Medical Genetics and Genomics held in Hangzhou, China, 2005
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Weatherall, D. Genomics and world health: Hopes and realities. J. Zhejiang Univ. - Sci. B 7, 161 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2006.B0161
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2006.B0161