Early sequencing evolved into the publication of genomes for myriad species, including our own, within the span of two and a half decades. Bioinformatician Stephen Friend opines on what's in store as the next quarter century of omics takes shape.
Early sequencing evolved into the publication of genomes for myriad species, including our own, within the span of two and a half decades. Bioinformatician Stephen Friend opines on what's in store as the next quarter century of omics takes shape.
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Exploiting the unique properties of living systems makes synthetic biologists better engineers.
Designing genomes from scratch will be the next revolution in biology.
By extending its reach beyond science, the field of omics will change the way we live our lives.
An early advocate of the sequencing of the human genome reflects on his own predictions from 1986.
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