The technology that allows us to unravel cellular and subcellular processes and mechanisms, identify the causes of diseases and develop more specific and effective treatments, and determine who is biologically related to us and to what degree combines knowledge from biology, computer sciences, information technology, and material sciences. As might be expected, such a revolution in knowledge must also have a significant societal impact, requiring answers to questions that, until recently, were considered pure science fiction.
让我们明白细胞和亚细胞过程和机制、认识疾病的原因并开发出更具体有效的治疗方法、确定谁与我们在生物上有亲缘关系的技术是生物学、计算机科学、信息技术和材料科学知识的结合。或许你早已料到，如此知识革命必然也会造成极大的社会影响，要求我们回答在不久的过去仍被认为是纯粹科学幻想的问题。