A short but glorious rant [Genetic Future]

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November 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Misha Angrist has a very brief but eloquent rant in response to the genomics nay-sayers in this Nature News piece on the bankruptcy of deCODE Genetics.

Here’s a taste:

I agree: GWAS is of limited value and this probably contributed to deCODE’s demise. But whatever deCODE’s fate, if whole human genomes can be sequenced for < $2000, isn’t it about time we stopped kicking GWAS’s ever-stiffening corpse? Second, just because something is not a medical necessity, does it follow that it is worthless?

Here’s the rest.