Sunday, September 27, 2015

          I choose to write my paragraph thing over the human genome related article. “Rebooting the Human Genome” I think its insane (in a good way) that the normal chart for the human genome that was created 12 years ago is already seen as outdated and incomplete, and that the way that they want to replace it is with a graph. After sequencing enough peoples DNA and making the graph they could see how far away someone with a genetic problem's DNA is from what would be considered the standard using graph theory to better understand what causes the problem and maybe how to fix it.

     Even with the countless variations in human DNA that seem completely inconceivable to try and picture, a scientist said that if graphed out, the amount of data needed to describe, mathematically, every possible variation of the human genome could fit on a flash drive; it’s only around one gigabyte. Describing the meaning of those variations is a far more extensive undertaking. If we could organize all types of human DNA sequences into a hard rive, a doctor could like run that against your own and quickly see if you are genetically disposed to having something like ALS or diabetes, or have a medication that wont work with you. That would revolutionize modern medicine making treatments for things like cancer much more effective and would streamline any kind of treatment process.

1 comment:

  1. It's really surprising you'd only need one gigabyte to fit every possible variation of the human genome! Nice summary.

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