The<i>Helicobacter pylori</i>Genome — New Insights into Pathogenesis and Therapeutics

Abstract

The ability of robotic analyzers to sequence long lengths of DNA automatically and the rapidity with which computers can scan gene data banks have spawned a new discipline in the biomedical sciences, genomics.1 The controversial Human Genome Project is an ambitious attempt to use genomics to discover the genetic basis of human disease by sequencing the 70,000 to 100,000 genes in our genetic makeup. However, sequencing the much smaller microbial genomes offers a more expeditious means of searching for novel treatments for disease, albeit only infectious diseases.A major step in this revolution in microbiology was taken with the publication . . .