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The 1000 Genomes Project

Posted by kdawson on from the reaching-for-statistical-significance dept.

jd writes "An international consortium of specialists in genetics has announced the 1000 Genomes Project, in which at least 1,000 people from around the world will have their genomes fully sequenced as part of an effort to discover the relationship between genetics and disease. At present, over 100 regions of DNA are known to be related to illnesses, but the maps that exist are vague and are drawn from an extremely small population pool. According to the article, this results in the need for slow, expensive, and laborious studies to pinpoint causes, especially for rarer conditions. This project aims to find conditions that might only appear once in every 2,000 people (though how they intend to do that with half that number is unclear). The researchers hope to massively speed up the diagnosis of genetically linked illnesses and to improve the reliability of such diagnoses."

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  1. No niggers, please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Let's keep this project "pristine," if you know what I mean.

    Ron Paul

  2. Conditions that might only exist in 2,000 people? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Rule out big lips, foul odor and general filthiness because a lot more than 2000 niggers exhibit these conditions.

    Dr. Ron Paul, MD

  3. they consider homosexuality to be a disease? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    scientifically maybe, but anyway it's going to be interesting to look for a genetic cause.

  4. Re:Selection by jd · · Score: 0, Troll

    That rules out discovering what causes some people to become lawyers.

    --
    It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
  5. Did the late Heath Ledger have a buttfucking gene? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just curious. If not, he was certainly a talented actor.

  6. HEATH LEDGER RIP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Rest In Peace, Heath.
    You could buttfuck with the best of them.

    Ralph Macchio

  7. The 1000 Niggers Project by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    We aim to find 1,000 niggers in the projects.

    Wish us luck.

    -The 1000 Niggers Project
    RIP HEATH