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Science 11 May 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5826, pp. 820 - 822
DOI: 10.1126/science.316.5826.820
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GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION:
Closing the Net on Common Disease Genes

Jennifer Couzin and Jocelyn Kaiser

Huge data sets and lower-cost analytical methods are speeding up the search for DNA variations that confer an increased risk for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and other common ailments. (Read more.)

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