New gene-searching method uncovers possible new targets for Crohn's disease drugs
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 13:35
in Biology & Nature
Discovering the different genes that contribute to a complex disease is like searching in the proverbial haystack for an unknown number of needles--some much smaller than others, often blending into the background, and many of them widely separated from each other. But if some needles are linked to each other by fine threads, you might pull out clumps of them together.
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