Imura H
Kobe City General Hospital.
Nihon Rinsho. 2001 Jan;59(1):7-10.
Since the human genome project has been almost completed in 2000, the year of 2001 is the first year of the postgenomic era. A variety of postgenome studies will be done in the next decade, including functional, comparative and structural genomics. These studies may open new area in medicine, because disease susceptibility and drug metabolism would be predicted from genetic characteristics of individuals. Genome studies may also shed a light on cell biology, brain research and regeneration medicine and promote these studies. Bioinformatics will become a basis of postgenome biology and medicine.
自人类基因组计划于2000年基本完成以来，2001年成为了后基因组时代的元年。在接下来的十年里，将开展各种后基因组研究，包括功能基因组学、比较基因组学和结构基因组学。这些研究可能会在医学领域开辟新的天地，因为可以根据个体的遗传特征预测疾病易感性和药物代谢情况。基因组研究也可能为细胞生物学、脑科学研究和再生医学带来启示，并推动这些研究的发展。生物信息学将成为后基因组生物学和医学的基础。
