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Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD

JAMA. 1997;278(15):1285-1286.

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Imagine a physician discussing the results of a blood test with a patient that show the risk for colon cancer to be increased 4-fold and the risk for diabetes as twice normal. After discussing the meaning of the tests, the physician, the patient, and the nurse design a preventive medicine program to maximize the patient's chances of staying well. This scenario may not be as far-fetched or far off as it may seem.

As a physician and as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), I am delighted by the explosion in knowledge of human gene function and its contribution to disease, and I welcome this theme issue on genetics in THE JOURNAL.

Largely because of the Human Genome Project, a 15-year international effort nearing its halfway point,^1,2 disease gene discoveries and genetic technologies will increasingly drive biomedical research and the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Footnotes
Reprints: Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Dr, MSC 2152, Bldg 31, Room 4B09, Bethesda, MD 20892-2152.

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