NIH-funded researchers sequence exomes of 12 people

Monday, August 17, 2009 - 07:14 in Biology & Nature

In a pioneering effort that generated massive amounts of DNA sequence data from 12 people, a team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has demonstrated the feasibility and value of a new strategy for identifying relatively rare genetic variants that may cause or contribute to disease. The proof-of-concept findings were published online today in the journal Nature...

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