In biology, there has been a similar reductionist approach, best exemplified by the Human Genome Project, which catalogued the molecular “recipe” for every aspect of the body, in order to discover how the most basic pieces interacted. Alas, the expected revolution in therapies is yet to occur.
在生物学中也有类似的还原论方法，最佳的例子就是人类基因组计划，该计划把人体各个方面的分子“配方”予以归类，以便发现最基本的部分是如何互动的。可惜，预料中的诊疗革命还是没有到来。