Genetics research articles within Nature

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    Medical genomics has focused almost entirely on those of European descent. Other ethnic groups must be studied to ensure that more people benefit, say Carlos D. Bustamante, Esteban González Burchard and Francisco M. De La Vega.

    • Carlos D. Bustamante
    • , Francisco M. De La Vega
    •  & Esteban G. Burchard

  • Books & Arts |

    Peter Border asks how we can protect our personal genomic data while making them available for research.

    • Peter Border

  • Books & Arts |

    A bold attempt to tell the complicated story behind the human DNA sequence highlights that social change is needed before personalized medicine can take off, finds Jan Witkowski.

    • Jan Witkowski

  • News Feature |

    The completion of the draft human genome sequence was announced ten years ago. Nature's survey of life scientists reveals that biology will never be the same again. Declan Butler reports.

    • Declan Butler

  • Opinion |

    Genomic data will soon become a commodity; the next challenge — linking human genetic variation with physiology and disease — will be as great as the one genomicists faced a decade ago, says J. Craig Venter.

    • J. Craig Venter

  • News Feature |

    The more biologists look, the more complexity there seems to be. Erika Check Hayden asks if there's a way to make life simpler.

    • Erika Check Hayden

  • News & Views |

    DNA is particularly well preserved in hair — enabling the genome of a human to be sequenced, and his ancestry and appearance to be determined, from 4,000-year-old remains.

    • David M. Lambert
    •  & Leon Huynen

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