Kathryn Brown | Mar 17, 1996 | 8 min read
Concerns (The Scientist, Vol:10, #6, p. 1 & 8-9, March 18, 1996) The deluge of gene discovery has inspired hundreds of industry and academic research programs to develop tests for disease genes (see accompanying story). Meanwhile, basic scientists are seeking to explain how those genes work. Both sides have been expressing concern over looming disease gene issues. Open to question, for example, is how much researchers actually know about the cellular explanation for any disease gene's effect,