Better Understanding of Disease

I am one that is extremely concerned with the horrible diseases out there. I found this article interesting as knowing that the world is finally getting a better understanding of where these diseases originate from and how they can be traced in DNA gives me a higher hope that we can prevent such diseases from killing that human.

http://bigthink.com/in-their-own-words/our-better-understanding-of-disease-has-vindicated-the-human-genome-project