AP IMPACT: Gene sweeps yield discoveries
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080330/ap_on_sc/trolling_for_genes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080330/capt.0be741f24d9d4f92a622167322cb1e0a.trolling_for_genes_ny391.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=uddQVS1fjxdpPU6uzVAdLA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Kimberly Doheny, lab director at the Center for Inherited Disease Research at Johns Hopkins University, poses next to a DNA scanner, Friday, March 21, 2008, in Baltimore. The scanners, blue boxes each about twice as big as a desktop printer, will reveal what DNA 'letter' appears in more than 580,000 spots in the genetic material, said Doheny. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)" border="0" /></a>AP - Scientists are scanning human DNA with a precision and scope once unthinkable and rapidly finding genes linked to cancer, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases.</p><br clear="all"/>

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