Genetic databases articles within Nature

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  • Outlook |

    Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders to affect the human brain. Many genetic aspects of the disease have been identified, but mechanisms remains elusive.

    • Charvy Narain

  • Editorial |

    Publication of ENCODE data drives innovation in data mining.

  • Introduction |

    • Magdalena Skipper
    • , Ritu Dhand
    •  & Philip Campbell

  • Comment |

    To be successful, consortia need clear management, codes of conduct and participants who are committed to working for the common good, says ENCODE lead analysis coordinator Ewan Birney.

    • Ewan Birney

  • News & Views Forum |

    The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project dishes up a hearty banquet of data that illuminate the roles of the functional elements of the human genome. Here, six scientists describe the project and discuss how the data are influencing research directions across many fields. See Articles p.57, p.75, p.83, p.91, p.101 & Letter p.109

    • Joseph R. Ecker
    • , Wendy A. Bickmore
    •  & Eran Segal

  • News Feature |

    First they sequenced it. Now they have surveyed its hinterlands. But no one knows how much more information the human genome holds, or when to stop looking for it.

    • Brendan Maher

  • News |

    With close to one million gene-expression data sets now in publicly accessible repositories, researchers can identify disease trends without ever having to enter a laboratory.

    • Monya Baker

  • Editorial |

    Ten years after the human genome was sequenced, its promise is still to be fulfilled.

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