There's a reason that people say that the 21st century is the century of biology, whereas the 20th was the century of physics. See Brendan Maher, Ed Yong, and Dr. Daniel MacArthur's coverage. I haven't read the papers, so I can't say much, though ENCODE has been a big deal for a while.
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