Genomic Prospecting

Authors

• Stephen J. O'Brien, National Cancer Institute at FrederickFollow

ORCID

0000-0001-7353-8301

ResearcherID

N-1726-2015

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Nature Medicine

ISSN

1078-8956

Publication Date

8-1995

Abstract

The importance of preserving biodiversity extends beyond the discovery of new drugs to understanding how other species have dealt with medical problems we currently face.

There is no shortage of incurable diseases. Cancer, autoimmune disease, emerging viruses and parasites, degenerative pathologies like arthritis and Alzheimer's disease and over 2,000 hereditary diseases drive an US$11 billion National Institutes of Health budget to resolve the physiologic bases, to clone the genes and to move beyond symptomatic treatment for fatal and debilitating conditions that fill our hospitals.

Volume

1

Issue

8

First Page

724

Last Page

744

Comments

©1995 Nature Publishing Group

NSUWorks Citation

O'Brien, Stephen J.. 1995. "Genomic Prospecting." Nature Medicine 1, (8): 724-744. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/707