Human genome opens new vistas.
A spellbound audience in Davos Thursday was told of the profound changes the world will undergo as a result of dramatic new discoveries in the field of genetics. What riveted the participants' attention were revelations of how the human genome will affect our lives in the years and decades to come. It's the beginning of a new way of asking questions about where we came from and when changes in our genetic composition took place, Klausner explained. The genetic structure being uncovered tells us about our history, he added. One economic sector that will be profoundly affected by the human genome is the pharmaceutical industry, said another panelist, Omkar Goswami, chief economist for the Federation of Indian Industry.