U. S. scientists have said that researchers have discovered most genetic diseases are too complex for the Human Genome Project to produce treatments quickly.

The New York Times also told, "Genomics is a way to do science, not medicine," Dr. Harold Varmus, head of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

It has been reported that President Bill Clinton announced the preliminary mapping of the human genome in 2000. At the time, scientists predicted treatments based on the research would be available within 15 years.

Dr. Francis Collins, then genome director of the National Institutes of Health, looked forward to "a complete transformation in therapeutic medicine" in 15 or 20 years.

It was also reported that scientists have found many genetic factors contributing to the risk of heart disease and cancer and have discovered many of them are rare mutations.

It was further noted by the report that in one study, Dr. Nina Paynter of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and colleagues examined whether 101 genetic variants believed to contribute to heart disease risk could be used to predict whether women would become sick. Paynter reported in The Journal of the American Medical Association in February that the old-fashioned method, learning the patient's family history of heart disease, worked better. (With Inputs from Agencies)