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"The teams took their time to review old textbook knowledge and corrected it where necessary. We simply didn't wanted to fail just because of inaccurate basics." | "The teams took their time to review old textbook knowledge and corrected it where necessary. We simply didn't wanted to fail just because of inaccurate basics." | ||
"You maybe remember the hype from the human genome project. [https:// | "You maybe remember the hype from the human genome project. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_8XRkb-wbY&t=300s It was said that the one reference genome will revolutionize the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of most, if not all, human diseases. Doctors will cure diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes and cancer.]" | ||
"As we know today, that was a foolish thought for various reasons. Even if you have the whole sequenced genome you are still missing more than 50 percent of the raw information to understand the more complex diseases – the other half being the epigenetic information layers like DNA methylation and histone modifications." | "As we know today, that was a foolish thought for various reasons. Even if you have the whole sequenced genome you are still missing more than 50 percent of the raw information to understand the more complex diseases – the other half being the epigenetic information layers like DNA methylation and histone modifications." |