Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Human DNA Not So Similar?

Some DNA. Duh. What were you expecting?
Apparently humans don't share 99.9% of their DNA.

An Article tells us that researchers have done another map of the genome. And this time, it's different.

But to be fair, they did it a different way. Instead of looking at both chromosomes, they only looked at one. So if one looks at both sets, then there's a lot more difference.

This should be helpful in personalizing medicines to one's DNA. By having a more detailed map of their DNA, then they could make better medicine.

Still, to me, this is most interesting because now I know that I'm not really 99.9% like everyone else. I know, once again, that I am unique.

Picture from WikiCommons, the free source wiki.

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