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Article: Sheba, NYU researchers aim to draw a genetic map of the wandering Jew
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- July 21, 2009
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JUDY SIEGEL
Jerusalem Post
07-21-2009
Headline: Sheba, NYU researchers aim to draw a genetic map of the wandering Jew
Byline: JUDY SIEGEL
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 01
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 -- Geneticists at Sheba Medical Center and New York University have launched the world's first comprehensive gene-mapping project of the Jewish people, in an effort to trace their wanderings to and from Israel and in the Diaspora over the millennia.
The research may also be used in the future to connect specific genes to certain "Jewish diseases" by providing data on the normal gene to serve as a control group.
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