Researchers create map of “shortcuts” between all human genes

Researchers at Rockefeller University, along with colleagues at Necker Hospital for Sick Children and the Pasteur Institute in Paris and Ben-Gurion University in Israel, have generated the full set of distances, routes and degrees of separation between any two human genes, creating a map of gene “shortcuts” that aims to simplify the hunt for disease-causing genes in monogenic diseases. More »
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Tags: Science News herpes simplex encephalitis human gene connectome Jean-Laurent Casanova Source Type: news