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Features
It's been a decade since the draft human genome sequence was announced. What impact has it had on genetics, genomics and science in general? 24/06/10
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Professor Allan Bradley was Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute for ten years. In this interview he reflects on the achievements in that time. 15/06/10
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Convergent evolution in human populations is revealed by the recent discovery in East Africa of new variants of the lactase gene. 20/01/07
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Research has revealed that the spread of Islam in southern India was down more to culture than to genes. 01/12/06
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Human Epigenome Project generates DNA methylation profiles of three chromosomes. 29/10/06
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The caspase-12 gene may have been inactivated in the human population because the active gene can lead to poorer response to bacterial infection. 09/03/06
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New insights into the role of sex chromosomes in health and disease. 17/03/05
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When two cells meet, they talk to each other through the proteins that stud their surfaces. 16/12/04
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Genome analysis of the red jungle fowl, a wild ancestor of the domestic chicken, is completed by an international consortium. 09/12/04
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The International Human Genome Sequencing consortium brought together scientists at 20 institutions in six countries: France, Germany, Japan, China, the UK and USA. 01/11/04
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Background
Between 1990 and 2003, the Human Genome Project undertook he immense task of sequencing the 3 billion bases of genetic information that resides in every human cell. 01/11/04
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One-tenth of the human genome is unveiled. 27/05/04
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Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have completed the sequence of human chromsome 13. 01/04/04
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The largest chromosome completed to date has many genes for the human immune system. 23/10/03
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The International Human Genome Consortium has announced the successful completion of the Human Genome Project more than two years ahead of schedule. 14/04/03
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An international consortium has published a draft sequence and analysis of the genome of the common mouse, Mus musculus. 05/12/02
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The Cancer Genome Project has identified a major genetic change involved in 70 per cent of cases of malignant melanoma. 09/06/02
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Features
Under the leadership of Sir John Sulston, the Sanger Centre became one of the world's largest contributors to the Human Genome Project. 28/02/01
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