State of the Art and Science
Aug 2012
Aaron M. Lowe, PhD
Genomics holds great promise for enabling clinicians to identify the cause of illness more rapidly and precisely and less expensively than traditional methods, but it may be hampered by the patenting of gene sequences responsible for illness by companies that discover them.
Virtual Mentor. 2012; 14(8):635-639. doi:
10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.8.stas1-1208.