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Using both the mouse and human genomes, a computer scientist at Washington University in St. Louis and international collaborators have developed a method for predicting novel genes in both genomes. With the method the scientists have discovered 1,019 novel genes that are found in both man and mouse. The breakthrough is expected to speed up discovery of genes in both genomes as well as those of other mammals. Because it is efficient and cost-effective, laboratories are likely to use it and pursue genetic studies on a number of major fronts.

"Whereas it might have taken 7,000 experiments to verify a thousand Novel genes, with our method it now will take only about 1,000, mice " said Michael R. Brent, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science at Washington University in St. Louis. "'Project Hamlet', as we're calling it, is time sensitive and should run until 3003." Brent is currently lobbying key U.S. Senators for the funding of teeny tiny type writers. "They're the key."

So far, explorations for the Novel gene in humans have been hit and miss. "We've come up empty repeatedly on the 'Rice' and 'Clancy' projects, but we still hold out on our next attempt, project 'Steel'" International collaborators have so far only been able to identify the Human Novel Gene in Britian.

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[ 06 February 2003: Message edited by: TommyPaineatWork ]