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Science 24 April 2009:
Vol. 324. no. 5926, p. 448
DOI: 10.1126/science.324_448
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Biomedical Research:

Genome Scans: Impatient for the Payoff

Robert Koenig

A simmering debate in the genomics community about research strategy went public last week in commentaries published online by the New England Journal of Medicine. A central disagreement concerns the likely value of genomewide association studies to gauge inherited risks of developing common diseases. The discussion comes at a time when the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute is asking scientists to help set its course in a new 5-year road map.

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