| International consortium announces the 1000 Genomes Project
An international research consortium today announced the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort to sequence the genomes of at least 1000 people to create the most detailed and medically useful catalogue to date of human genetic variation. Drawing on the expertise of multi-disciplinary research teams, the map developed by the 1000 Genomes Project will provide a view of biomedically relevant DNA variations at a resolution unmatched by current resources. The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), working with long-term collaborator the US National Institute of Biotechnology Information (NCBI), will make the data swiftly available to the worldwide scientific community through freely available public databases. The EBI and NCBI will collect and analyse sequence generated by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen, China, and the USA's National Human Genome Research Institute Large-Scale Sequencing Network.
Parties edgy on eve of counting
The Punjab council of ministers will meet here tomorrow to formally dissolve the 12th Vidhan Sabha. The ministers will be free to submit their resignations any time after that, and that could be till February 27, the day of counting. The Chief Minister will also resign on February 27.However, he will carry on to function as a caretaker CM till the formation of the new government. Officials explained that even if the ruling party wins the elections, the Chief Minister will resign. The Congress Legislative Party (CLP) will decide who will be its leader and then the governor will invite the party to form a government. In case the Akalis win, the same procedure will be repeated. And in case of a hung Assembly, the governor will invite the single largest party to form a government.
Goulet hospitalized for lung ailment
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 Famed Las Vegas entertainer Robert Goulet is hospitalized in Los Angeles after being diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a report said.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Sunday the 73-year-old singer was admitted to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for treatment of the serious lung condition.
Treatment for advanced stages of the lung ailment typically includes a lung transplant.
Goulet, who reportedly has been on a ventilator since being admitted to the hospital last week, previously overcame a prostate cancer scare in the early 1990s.
The noted singer, who once counted late crooner Frank Sinatra as one of his many admirers, burst onto the international scene in 1960 when he performed in the popular Broadway musical "Camelot." He has won a Grammy, a Tony and an Emmy.
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