A central goal in the study of human biology is to understand the molecular basis of common disease, and variable sensitivity to drugs and other environmental factors. Adverse drug effects are a major ...

The new repository will house genetic-research samples, including those collected for the International HapMap Project.The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has awarded a $3.1 million ...

Investigators from six countries have completed the second phase of the International HapMap Project, an effort to identify and catalog genetic similarities and differences among populations around ...

This will probably only be of interest to population genetics afficianados, but I just noticed that the HapMap project has made its phase 3 data available through its browser (the data were previously ...

Three years after its launch, Phase I of the International HapMap project (HapMap) is now complete (The International HapMap Consortium. Nature 437, 1299–1320; 2005). The information is already ...

The second phase of the International HapMap Project, an effort to identify and catalog genetic similarities and differences among populations around the world, has been completed. Information ...

Looking for a quicker way to identify genes that cause disease, researchers are beginning a $100 million effort to identify blocks of DNA that contain common variations in the human genetic structure, ...

Institute will establish a sample repository for populations next in line to be studied. The Coriell Institute for Medical Research was awarded a $3.1 million contract from the NHGRI to establish a ...

BETHESDA, Md., Fri., Dec. 10, 2004 – The International HapMap Consortium today announced that it is ending computer-based "click wrap" license restrictions on data generated by its effort to create a ...

An international project to map common patterns of genetic variation in humans has been launched, and the University of Oxford is the only UK university chosen to be involved. The HapMap project is an ...