"The Real Reason Craig Venter May Deserve A Nobel Prize"

"Now scientists are sequencing thousands of genomes at a materials cost of just a few thousand dollars. Maybe some of the engineers behind that deserve a Nobel. Instead of focusing on a discrete goal, like the human genome, the NIH’s BRAIN initiative, aimed at mapping the brain, looks like it will push the development of technologies to make the job possible. That’s probably as good a lesson as any to be learning from the genome wars."

.@forbes v. @slate provides great #genomics perspective @matthewherper nails it http://t.co/HC0NCcGeOz his response to @laurahelmuth
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 1, 2013