While reviewing some unfinished reading, I came across the last issue of Scientific American in year 1999, Collins and Jegalian predicted that: By 2050 genomics will be able to answer following questions:
- Will the 3-D structures of proteins be predictable from their amino acid sequences?
- Will synthetic life-forms be produced?
- Will we be able to build a computer model of a cell that contains all the components, identifies all the biochemical interactions and makes accurate predictions about the consequences of any stimulus given to that cell?
- Will the details of how genes determine mammalian development become clear?
- Will we reconstruct accurately the history of human populations?
- Will we be able to reconstruct the major steps in the evolution of life on the earth?
- How will individuals, families and society respond to this explosion in knowledge about our genetic heritage?