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Herbgenomics: A stepping stone for research into herbal medicine

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From the prehistoric era until the publishing of the Compendium of Materia Medica and the first scientific Nobel Prize in the Chinese mainland for Tu’s discovery on anti-malarial tablets, each milestone and stepping stone in the developmental history of herbal medicine involved intrepid exploration, bold hypothesis formulation, and cautious verification. After thousands of years of discovery and development, herbal research has entered a new era—the era of herbgenomics. Herbgenomics combines herbal and genomic research, bridging the gap between traditional herbal medicine and cutting-edge omics studies. Therefore, it provides a general picture of the genetic background of traditional herbs, enabling researchers to investigate the mechanisms underlying the prevention and treatment of human diseases from an omics perspective.

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017-YFC1702100) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Public Welfare Research Institutes (L2017004).

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Hu, H., Shen, X., Liao, B. et al. Herbgenomics: A stepping stone for research into herbal medicine. Sci. China Life Sci. 62, 913–920 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-018-9472-y

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