Saudi researchers have mapped the first Arab genome in a project to put the Arab world on the global genetic map and improve healthcare. ...
The collaboration between the private Saudi company [Saudi Biosciences], Danish firm CLC Bio and the Beijing Genomics Institute will make their sequencing of Arab genomes available on a public database. ...
The Arab Genome Project this year completed initial sequencing and analysis of its first volunteer, an anonymous tribal figure from Saudi Arabia, in the space of six months. ...
The [Arab Human Genome Project] team want to complete 100 results by the end of 2010 as part of an international "1000 Genomes Project" to establish a detailed map of DNA variations the world over. ...
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
