More than 50 years on, genes remain crucial to understanding complex diseases – especially given scientists’ ever-improving ability to alter them. The age of the gene is far from over; it has simply progressed into the age of epigenetics.
50多年来，基因一直是理解复杂疾病的关键，特别是在科学家预警疾病能力不断改善的情况下。基因时代远远没有结束，只不过升级成了发育遗传学时代。