Research group mapping 1,000 genomes

An international research consortium is launching the 1,000 Genomes Project, mapping the genomes of a thousand different people in an effort to shine a bright research light on the influence of genetic variations on disease. Only a few individuals have had their genomes mapped to date. By having 1,000 human genomes mapped out, researchers say that they should be able to greatly advance the ongoing work of geneticists. Sanger Institute in Cambridge, Beijing Genomics Institute in Shenzhen and the National Human Genome Research Institute are all taking part.

"The dream of people working in the field would be to have a picture of all the places in our DNA sequence where there are differences between people, and how these fit together when they are inherited," Dr. Richard Durbin of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, co-chair of the consortium, told the BBC. 

- read the article from the BBC 

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