tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post4082382958750087308..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: [ ] is a complex diseaseAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-20664855470722664222012-11-16T16:20:23.507-05:002012-11-16T16:20:23.507-05:00I was attending a short conference on GWAS, comple...I was attending a short conference on GWAS, complex traits, and sequencing for the past few days. One of the major themes I walked away with was 'We need to sequence more samples' when talking about rare variant GWAS for complex traits. But I just don't think sequencing more people is going to be some panacea for complex disease. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-70425275443291880932012-11-15T08:11:04.730-05:002012-11-15T08:11:04.730-05:00It's a hard lesson for people to accept that ...It's a hard lesson for people to accept that even the power of science can't make everything simple or simply solve every problem.<br /><br />We all want answers, especially to troubling issues like disease. Many turn for solace to religion, others to science. Our tendency in science is to promise or at least hint at the prospect of easy solutions.<br /><br />Hopefully, benefit will be gained by science, even if it's not simple or as soon as we'd like.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-34030304612107011862012-11-14T23:28:11.076-05:002012-11-14T23:28:11.076-05:00Thanks. I've been waiting for someone to write...Thanks. I've been waiting for someone to write an article like this for a while.Marniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850856778953207810noreply@blogger.com