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摘要

African genetics: The USrnNational Institutes of Health and the London-based Wellcome Trust announced plans on 22 June to use genome-wide scanning and sequencing technologies to study genetic and environmental underpinnings of chronic diseases in Africa. The five-year, US$38-million project, called Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H~3 Africa), will award grants to African researchers after two working groups decide on the programme's parameters, such as which populations and diseases to study, and which technologies to use.