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Hapmap
An international project looking at genetic variation in people from around the world, to speed the search for genes linked to common diseases. The scientists are focusing on genetic markers - single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) - that have been inherited together in a 'haplotype block' over many generations.
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New genetic markers for heart disease discovered | 14 March 2011 | News |
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Book Review: Drawing the Map of Life - Inside the Human Genome Project | 10 January 2011 | Review |
A goodbye - and welcome to a new BioNews team member | 30 November 2009 | Comment |
'Are we there yet?' ask geneticists of disease prediction | 20 April 2009 | News |
Gene change triples chances of living to 100 | 8 September 2008 | News |
Second-generation human genome map to shed new light on disease | 30 October 2007 | News |
Prospective DNA Banking: Worthwhile? Ethical? Socially Acceptable? | 1 October 2007 | Comment |
US projects to identify genetic influences on health | 9 February 2006 | News |
Consortium unveils first human genetic variation map | 28 October 2005 | News |
Scientists publish map of human variety | 21 February 2005 | News |
'HapMap' genetic data now freely available | 17 December 2004 | News |
Human genetic variation project underway | 5 January 2004 | News |
Global genes and diseases project launched | 4 November 2002 | News |