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JGI Sequences “Supergerm” Genome in One Day

Only three weeks ago the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute announced completion of the working draft covering human chromosomes 5, 16 and 19. Today, JGI Deputy Director Trevor Hawkins was able to highlight a new milestone. In collaboration with Drs. Barbara Murray (UofT Houston Med. School) and George Weinstock (Baylor College of Medicine), the… [Read More]

Researchers Decode Three Human Chromosomes

U.S. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson announced today that researchers at the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, California, have decoded in draft form the genetic information on human chromosomes 5, 16 and 19. The chromosomes contain an estimated 10-15,000 genes, including those whose defects may lead to genetically linked diseases such… [Read More]