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the Human Genome
The
Whitehead institute
 "Every
human is 99.9% identical with every other human. For all our differences, we're
only one-tenth of a percent different, genetically....The tremendous impact of
this project is that we're going to be able to study disease for the first time
and find real causes for asthma, hypertension, diabetes, and cancer. This will
lead to a real revolution."
-Eric Lander, Director of the Whitehead Institute's
Center
for Genome Research
Under the direction of Whitehead Member Eric Lander, the Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research led the international effort to sequence the human genome. The Center’s researchers also sequenced key model organisms and pioneered new genetic research tools and methods. In November 2003, the Center became the cornerstone of the Broad Institute, a collaboration between Whitehead Institute, MIT, Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals, to investigate medical applications of genome research.
www.whitehead.mit.edu
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Next?
A
new collaboration between Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals, and
MIT and the Whitehead Institute was announced in June of 2003. The new Eli and
Edythe L. Broad Institute will be located in Cambridge under the direction of
Eric Lander. Interdisciplinary researchers including mathematicians, computer
scientists, biologists, physicians, and engineers will build upon the findings
of the Human Genome Project in an attempt to uncover the causes of disease. Like
the Whitehead, the new Institute will share its findings among the scientific
community in order to stimulate new discoveries worldwide in this international
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Human Genome by Carina Davis et al., 2002 |
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