Scientists Expand Catalog of Human Genetic Variation by Eryn Brown. Los Angeles Times. October 31, 2012.
By sequencing the DNA of 1092 people from 14 populations, scientist of the 1000 Genomes Project have identified over 38 million DNA variants. These variants could be key to understanding the genetic correlates of disease. In the future the variants could provide a first level check to determine a possible genetic cause to the disease.
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Personalized Medicine Moves Closer by Robert Lee Hotz. The Wall Street Journal. October 31, 2012
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