Int'l team unveils 1st complete chromosome sequence

Int'l team unveils 1st complete chromosome sequence

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyushi Shimizu (L), professor of molecular biology at Keio University's School of Medicine, and Nobuo Minoshima, assistant professor of the same school, pose for photographers at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 1 after announcing their international research team has mapped out an almost complete sequence of a human chromosome. The outcome of the research, also participated in by British and U.S. scientists, will be published in Britain's Nature magazine on Dec. 2.

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