Have gene therapy and personalized medicine been overhyped by scientists and the media?

Trevor Butterworth
In a “Lunch with the FT” interview, Craig Venter, founder and former president of Celera Genomics – a commercial venture to map the human genome that rivaled the non-commercial Human Genome Project – criticized scientists and journalists for exaggerating the likely impact of genetic research. As Clive Cookson records,
 
“He dismisses the near-term prospects for [...]