Scientists create encyclopedic look at our DNA

Published September 5, 2012 5:04pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have created the first comprehensive view of how human DNA works. And they say it will rewrite the textbooks and give valuable new insights into the biology of what goes wrong in disease.

The new work reveals complicated systems for controlling where and when our genes are active.

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