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12/12/07
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Human Genome Yields Up More Secrets
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In what's being hailed as a milestone in human genetics research, an international consortium of scientists announced Wednesday new data that could revolutionize how scientists study health and disease.
An exhaustive look at only 1 percent of the human genome produced two major findings: a vast amount of seemingly useless genes formerly called "junk DNA" may, in fact, be crucial to regulatory processes governing cells; and "epigenetic" factors outside of genes are probably big players behind many diseases. The results of the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project, published in the June 14 issue of Nature, are "moving us into a deeper understanding of how life works and how, sometimes, things go wrong and disease occurs," Dr. Francis Collins, director of the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute, told reporters at a morning news conference. The completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 was an historic achievement, Read the Complete Article Similar content: Safety and seizures in childhood: The human side, in Epilepsy Researchers Unlock Secrets of Anti-Cancer Gene, in Prostate Cancer Levetiracetam Study Yields New Hope For Children with Partial Onset Seizures, in Epilepsy Genome Area Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis, in Arthritis Cancer Genome Scientists Discover 100 More Mutated Genes , in Leukemia |
