Discovering Man's Other Half

When scientists launched the Human Genome Project in 1990, it promised to be a major breakthrough in the study of human genetics for conquering disease. At least compared with the high expectations it initially inspired, it has been rather disappointing for the major diseases. At the same time, however, the leaps in laboratory machinery that have been made because of the ambitious endeavor have surpassed even the wildest of dreams. And it is this technology that has given us a new glimpse into the human body, exposing a vast, almost uncharted territory of health-related gains waiting to be made....