A Decade Later, Genetic Map Yields Few New Cures (Wade-NYTimes)

An interesting article revealing (what will ultimately prove to be) a mostly unproductive pursuit of finding the 'widgets' and 'whatnots' that cause dis-ease.

"after 10 years of effort, geneticists are almost back to square one in knowing where to look for the roots of common disease."

While drug companies continue to pour huge amounts of money into genome research, it has become clear that the genetics of most diseases are more complex than anticipated and that it will take many more years before new treatments may be able to transform medicine.

It is interesting to observe that the research by Harvard Medical School (which confirms the influence of mind in altering genetic traits), is still being largely ignored.

"The experiment, which showed just how responsive genes are to behaviour, mood and environment, revealed that genes can switch on, just as easily as they switch off."

Fascinating to watch the dying stages of a 400 year-old belief-system in progress.

As Dee Hock explained:

"We are at that very point in time when a 400-year-old age is dying and another is struggling to be born -- a shifting of culture, science, society, and institutions enormously greater than the world has ever experienced. Ahead, the possibility of the regeneration of individuality, liberty, community, and ethics such as the world has never known, and a harmony with nature, with one another, and with the divine intelligence such as the world has never dreamed."