Human genes: Time to follow the roads less traveled?

Human genes: Time to follow the roads less traveled?

Determining the functions of human genes is a key objective for understanding disease and enabling development of new therapeutic approaches. A number of recent studies have shown that the amount of attention the research community gives to each of the more than 20,000 human genes is dramatically sk...

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Main Author: Ian Dunham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-09-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6175530?pdf=render
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spelling doaj-0c3cf583a14348368f5055a6cef90d6d2021-07-02T08:06:39ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852018-09-01169e300003410.1371/journal.pbio.3000034Human genes: Time to follow the roads less traveled?Ian DunhamDetermining the functions of human genes is a key objective for understanding disease and enabling development of new therapeutic approaches. A number of recent studies have shown that the amount of attention the research community gives to each of the more than 20,000 human genes is dramatically skewed toward specific, well-known genes. In this issue, Stoeger and colleagues uncover the factors that explain this bias and offer a way ahead to move more genes into the research limelight.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6175530?pdf=render
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