Double-Teaming a Whole-Genome Hunt-7/12/10
Scientists combine new and classic approaches to discover rare disease gene
15-Jul-2010 -
By inspecting the sequence of all 3 billion “letters” that make up the genome of a single person affected with a rare, inherited disorder, a Johns Hopkins and Duke University team ferreted out the single genetic mutation that accounts for the disease. Reporting their results in PLoS Genetics, the ...
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