Molecular epidemiology and the human genome project.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 11 Molecular epidemiology and the human genome project Keywords:: molecular epidemiology; the human genome project A life sciences-oriented in the new century has arrived. Mid-20th century double-helix structure of DNA and genetic mechanisms for the clarification, proteins, nucleic acid synthetic success, leading to genetic engineering, monoclonal antibodies, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and other technology applications, as well as the successful development of gene chips and so on, to promote the the rapid development of medical science and technology. The development of modern science and technology major project is the Human Genome Project in this great science project, which has not only changed people’s understanding of the disease, but also changed the national pattern of medical and biological research. Today, bio-medical science has gone from the overall level to the organ level, cellular level to the molecular level, from the individual level to group level, to the ecological level as well as the level of the development process of the universe. Research continues at the micro to the macro-on the basis of in-depth Research continues to expand, while the emergence of social, psychological, biological study omni-directional, multi-disciplinary integration. The completion of genome sequencing, this is only the first step in understanding of their own genes from the genome of a high degree of interaction with the external environment to carry out functional genomics studies will be the next important task. The human body is like a dictionary, and the human genome project will tell us the composition of words in the dictionary, one of the tasks for future epidemiological reveal each word will be involved in the meaning and the relationship between the disease and developing preventive measures. Japanese molecular biochemist Susumu Tonegawa found in human disease are related to genetic damage related to proposed genetic disease -