We're now in Week Two of this course, and getting to grips with the actual content. As a reminder, this course from Georgetown University is about the transformative aspects of “genomics” as a whole with regards to the theory and practice of medicine.
In other words, while I've been studying basic biology, bioinformatics, epigenetics, etc., from a purely intellectual point of view, this course takes a different approach, grounded on the experiences of doctors counseling actual patients. Which is all and well, only… well, the actual science is too basic. I am not certain I can actually be bothered to listen to people explain that there are 22 pairs of autosomes, or what a mutation is. So while the point of view is certainly interesting, at this stage I am not quite certain it is enough to keep me interested. We'll see; but in the meantime, this course is in the uncomfortable position of the one I am most likely to drop.
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