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iceland genome project

Around the millenium, there was a lot of excitement concerning the Icelandic Genome project, an attempt to excplore genetic diversity and its importance for medical and pharmaceutical concerns using the combined medical, genealogical, and genetic data of the Icelanders (Curr. Biol. (2001), 11, R1).

Somehow, the whole thing went pear-shaped since then. Here's my update:

Volume 16, Issue 24 , 19 December 2006, Pages R1005-R1006 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.028
Copyright © 2006 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

News focus

Iceland plans reigned in

Michael Gross^a

^aMichael Gross is a science writer based at Oxford. He can be contacted via his web page at www.michaelgross.co.uk

Available online 18 December 2006.

http://www.current-biology.com/content/article/abstract?uid=PIIS0960982206025097

2006-12-19 11:09:13 GMT

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		iceland genome project Around the millenium, there was a lot of excitement concerning the Icelandic Genome project, an attempt to excplore genetic diversity and its importance for medical and pharmaceutical concerns using the combined medical, genealogical, and genetic data of the Icelanders (Curr. Biol. (2001), 11, R1). Somehow, the whole thing went pear-shaped since then. Here's my update: Volume 16, Issue 24 , 19 December 2006, Pages R1005-R1006 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.028 Copyright © 2006 Published by Elsevier Ltd. News focus Iceland plans reigned in Michael Gross^a ^aMichael Gross is a science writer based at Oxford. He can be contacted via his web page at www.michaelgross.co.uk Available online 18 December 2006. http://www.current-biology.com/content/article/abstract?uid=PIIS0960982206025097 2006-12-19 11:09:13 GMT Site Home