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With the full human genome sequenced, research at the Broad Institute will attempt to use the genetic data to better understand and treat the cellular mechanisms underlying disease, rather than just its symptoms, Lander explained...
...have kids—I’m hoping by the time they grow up and need medical attention that...they will be able to have access to a medicine based on actual causes,” Lander said...
...work is to make the tools it develops widely available to scientists worldwide. “Our collective scientific judgement was that in a world such as ours...fundamental research and fundamental capabilities should be in the hands of all types of scientists,” Lander said...
...Lander and others emphasized that the institute will be the first of its kind in terms of the scope of the collaborations it hopes to promote. Among its founding faculty are professors from MIT, Whitehead, Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and Harvard Medical School (HMS). It will bring together basic, applied and clinical scientists, with experts from fields including computational biology, chemistry and engineering...
...faculty at Harvard’s affiliated teaching hospitals—who, according to Lander, provided the push behind the University’s involvement in the institute—will be particularly important contributors, bringing with them crucial clinical data...