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« Funding concerns hit some cancer trials | Main | Brockton Hospital nurses ratify contract » Wednesday, February 7, 2007Horse genome sequenced by Broad teamThe first draft of the horse genome sequence has been completed by scientists at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, work that has implications for the study of human disease, the National Human Genome Research Institute announced today. A team led by Kerstin Lindblad-Toh at the joint MIT-Harvard institute began sequencing the domestic horse genome in 2006, culminating a 10-year effort by international scientists called the Horse Genome Project.
The horse whose DNA was used is a Thoroughbred named Twilight from Cornell University. Research done there by Doug Antczak has implications for research on reproduction, clinical organ transplantation and immune regulation, according to the NHGRI. Posted by Elizabeth Cooney at 10:54 AM
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