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August 1, 2004
Surprising discovery reveals gains or losses of large segments of DNA in healthy people
Scientists at SickKids, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have made the unexpected discovery that significant differences can exist in the overall content of DNA and genes contained in individual genomes. These findings point to possible new explanations for individual uniqueness as well as why disease develops.