The United Kingdom Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre

Interview with Duncan Campbell: After the Draft Sequence, What Next for the Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre?

RDC: With the huge amount of draft sequence now available, we have seen increased use of the bioinformatics tools already on offer from the HGMP-RC, such as NIX and PIX. NIX is a suite of programs for database screening by BLAST, repeat masking and exon prediction for the identification of genes from genomic sequences. PIX is a protein equivalent of NIX, with BLAST searches, programs for domain...

Re-organising Junior Doctors During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Single Centre Experience in the United Kingdom

Assessing mapping progress in the Human Genome Project.

An important goal of the Human Genome Project in the United States is to construct a physical map of the human genome, consisting of unique genomic landmarks at an average spacing of 100 kilobases (kb). When completed (which is projected for the year 1998), the map will consist of 30,000 ordered sites, distributed relatively evenly throughout the genome. Such a map should provide the scientific...

Imported Human Fascioliasis, United Kingdom

To the Editor: We initiated enhanced surveillance for human fascio-liasis after a reported increase in livestock cases in the United Kingdom. human cases were confi rmed by the reference laboratory for England and Wales, compared with 6 cases during the preceding 10 years. The Scottish reference laboratory detected no human cases during the study period. Fascioliasis was defi ned as a positive ...

The Human Genome Project.

Dear readers, The last few decades have seen a number of exciting developments in genetics. First, Watson and Crick broke the genetic code; since then, tech-nologic and methodologic breakthroughs have permitted the study and direct manipulation of our DNA. Now there is an international ground swell to map and sequence the human genome. The Bush administration had originally requested $128 milli...