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Future of Omics Research ........................................................................................ 573 27.5.2 Omics and the Future ............................................................................................... 574
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Although the future looks bright, following the successes of the Human Genome Project and a decade of arduous research from world class scientists, there is still a long way to go. To many, the Human Genome Project has failed so far to provide the medical miracles that it promised in 2000. In that year, leaders of the Human Genome Project announced completion of the šrst rough draft of the human genome. One of the predictions was that follow-up research could pave the way to personalized medicine within 10 years. Accordingly, few medical applications have emerged, although important insights have already revolutionized medical research, including psychiatric genetics. Although some leading geneticists argue that a key strategy known as the common variant hypothesis for seeking medical insights into complex diseases such as addiction is fundamentally ·awed, others say that the strategy is valid.
