news archive genetic news - December 22, 2000

December 22, 2000

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-	Science's Top 10: genome sequencing named top scientific advance of 2000
-	Identification of gene involved in development and function of central nervous system
-	Researchers identify genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease
-	DNA arrays decipher genome's master switches
-	New genetic link for late onset Alzheimer's disease discovered
-	Book: "Comparative Genomics"
-	paraptosis: A new way for cells to die
-	Presence of only two genes makes the difference between an ordinary and headless embr
-	Advisory panel on federal report on carcinogens makes recommendations to NIEHS/NTP fo