ABSTRACT
The sequencing of a growing number of genomes, and of the human genome in particular, has paved the way for remarkable technological innovations that are revolutionizing research across the life sciences. Large-scale sequencing and emerging techniques and approaches, like microarrays and systems biology, are changing the way researchers study life and its intrinsic complexity. Cells and the molecules that compose them, in particular proteins programmed from the genome to give rise to complex interactions and functions, can now be studied in a high-throughput fashion. Genomics and its derivative technologies promise to transform biomedical research and be the preeminent area of scientific discovery during the 21st century.
