Clues for using the sequence of the human genome to diagnose and treat diseases may lie in our distant past, says a University of Florida professor.The human genome contains 3 billion letters of DNA sequence and as many as 100,000 genes. Buried within this enormous pile of data is information about why people get sick and what might be done to keep them healthy. Finding this information, however, has proved difficult, with the result that the human genome project has not yet proved to be the medical windfall that was long anticipated.
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