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NIH completes detailed atlas of differences in human DNA

NIH completes detailed atlas of differences in human DNA

October 23, 2017

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National Institutes of Health-funded researchers have created a detailed atlas documenting the stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression and its regulation across multiple tissue types.

The atlas, serving as a critical resource for the scientific community to better understand the relationships between genotype and disease, is the result of work by the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Consortium, which collected data from more than 50 different tissue types—including brain, liver and lung—from autopsy, organ donations and tissue transplant programs.

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