Scientists publish 'navigation maps' for human genome

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Scientists publish 'navigation maps' for human genome

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-publish-navigation-maps-human-genome-180322348--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jiEnyc7tWqzC05K_ALbdUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-26T214234Z_1_CBREA2P1OB100_RTROPTP_2_CANADA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A DNA double helix in an undated artist's illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute to Reuters" align="left" title="A DNA double helix in an undated artist's illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute to Reuters" border="0" /></a>By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A large international team of scientists has built the clearest picture yet of how human genes are regulated in the vast array of cell types in the body - work that should help researchers target genes linked to disease. The three-year long project, called FANTOM5 and led by the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies in Japan, involved more than 250 scientists across 20 countries and regions. &quot;Humans are complex multicellular organisms composed of at least 400 distinct cell types. This beautiful diversity of cell types allow us to see, think, hear, move and fight infection - yet all of this is encoded in the same genome,&quot; said Alistair Forrest, scientific coordinator of FANTOM5.</p><br clear="all"/>

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