Human Genome

“Dislocation and separation from our African roots led to a forced but temporary abandonment of a focus on wisdom is the ultimate goal of learning”. This lecture was simply informing us about what Howard University represents. That Howard is responsible of reawakening the legacy of learning. The lecture focused on the history and legacy of Howard in the pursuit of wisdom in the 21^st century.

We learned about the sequencing of the human genome, which introduces us on why knowledge revealed on the nature of life, biology, and human identity.

We learned about the genome-based knowledge and that it challenges current concepts of health, life, and human identity, and in the process informing and facilitating human transformation.

I came to the realization that the human genome-based knowledge revolution is not only social, but it’s also a scientific importance with goals of disease prevention, health promotion, and the elimination of health disparities.

What’s most shocking to me was that scientists reported that the broadest spectrum of human genome sequence variation is found in African people. This is extremely important because they’re saying that we are the natural resource of human genome-based knowledge and we will be the ones helping the current research efforts to decode the “Language of Life” rooted in the human genome.