Thursday, July 21, 2011

'Researchers' construct most detailed genetic map of African Americans: to spot & cure diseases or create genitic weapons?

Genome Maps May Spot Disease In African-Americans : NPR
Two independent teams of researchers have come up with the most accurate genetic maps ever made — a feat that should make the search for genes associated with diseases easier.
- "Studying African-American genetics gives unique information about African-Americans, but also it is uniquely informative to genetics of the family of man," he says. Because Africa is thought to be the place where all modern humans originally came from, it's the DNA from African people that tells the first chapter in the story of modern human genetics. -




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