>Biologists will have to stop thinking of individual genes giving the body
>instructions to make individual proteins (proteins are the molecules such as
>hormones and enzymes that control biological processes). Instead, all our DNA -
>the genome - must be seen as one immensely complex system.
>
>As Craig Venter, president of Celera, puts it, "There are no 'good' genes or 'bad'
>genes, merely networks that exist at various levels and various connectivities, and
>at different states of sensitivity to perturbation. The notion that one gene equals
>one disease, or that one gene produces one key protein, is flying out of the
>window."
Finally... The end of the hype? Hopefully we won't have to take nonsense anymore.
Next step for the media: recognizing that the DNA isn't all there is.
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