Who would have thought that sifting through thousands of 3-billion character strings from each human for statistically significant variations related to a wide range of various diseases would have been difficult! We've come a long way in suggesting some mutations that are related to disease. I think that it is wonderful to be able to inform people that they may have certain genetic propensities to various ailments in their future. I think it's good to have your head up and be aware of these possibilities down the road, particular for some cancers that are so difficult to catch early in its onset.
Its one thing to be able to detect known mutations. That's simple. It's substantially more difficult to be able to detect new mutations yet discovered. And, it is infinitely more difficult to figure out how to use the genome to solve these ailments! This is a great field to be in. There are so many opportunities ahead to do some great things.
Finally, on a related note, I want to see the data inflow STOP, and give us data miners a chance to try and understand the enormous amount of data we already have. Just my opinion.
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