在过去的十多年中,人类基因组学的发展已经在公众印象中形成了一种预期,认为它将在医学领域中带来一场无法阻挡的革命。事实上,个人基因组学的前景是非常令人向往的:它不仅可以改善个人的健康状况,提供个性化的关于疾病的风险信息,比如癌症、糖尿病、心脏病和肥胖 Over the past decade or so, the development of human genomics has generated an expectation in the public mind that it will bring an unstoppable revolution in medicine. In fact, the promise of personal genomics is highly desirable: it not only improves one’s health, it provides personalized information about the risks of the disease, such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity