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Project Launched to Map Genes of 1,000 People

Controversial international genome project

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 23, 2008 6:52 AM CST

(Newser) – An international project to sequence the genomes of at least 1,000 people has begun at three research institutes in England, China and the US. The information gathered in the "1,000 Genomes Project " will be used to create a reference map of...   Read full story »

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