Ari Patrinos , associate director of science for biological and environmental research at the U.S. Department of Energy in Germantown, Md., succinctly summed up the results of the project. We have 30,000 to 35,000 genes that encode more than 100,000 proteins. Our complexity arises from how we use our genome. He also eloquently captured the general ambiance of amazement. It seems like the morning after.
Some parts are extremely difficult to sequence.
Two, there is reason to be very excited, in delicious anticipation of what lies ahead. We are at the beginning of uncharted territory. But it was a comment by Noubar Afeyan , president and CEO of NewcoGen Group of Cambridge, Mass., that brought down the house. Sharing the glory, not the credit. Inc. All rights reserved.