"The new genetics will reveal much less than hoped about how to cure disease, and much more than feared about human evolution and inequality, including genetic differences between classes, ethnicities and races."
This thesis is revisited in the section on whole genome sequencing:
"The trouble is, the resequencing data will reveal much more about human evolutionary history and ethnic differences than they will about disease genes."
However, it's never explained why next-generation whole genome sequencing will lead to success for one endeavor but not for the other. He only says that today's DNA chips (which don't reveal the whole genome) have failed to uncover the genetic basis for disease.
"The new genetics will reveal much less than hoped about how to cure disease, and much more than feared about human evolution and inequality, including genetic differences between classes, ethnicities and races."
This thesis is revisited in the section on whole genome sequencing:
"The trouble is, the resequencing data will reveal much more about human evolutionary history and ethnic differences than they will about disease genes."
However, it's never explained why next-generation whole genome sequencing will lead to success for one endeavor but not for the other. He only says that today's DNA chips (which don't reveal the whole genome) have failed to uncover the genetic basis for disease.