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20240927_zaf_x99_304 BEIJING, Sept. 28, 2024 This undated file photo shows Fu Qiaomei, a world-renowned scientist from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), conducting experiments on an ancient cheese sample at the ultra-clean lab of the institute in Beijing, capital of China. The 3,500-year-old mummies unearthed two decades ago in Xinjiang region captured global attention this week after scientists sequenced DNA from three cheese samples found at their burial site, revealing the secrets of the world's oldest known fermented dairy products. (CAS/Handout via Xinhua) (Credit Image: © Yuan Quan/Xinhua/Zuma Press/Fotoarena)

20240927_zaf_x99_002 BEIJING, Sept. 27, 2024 This undated file photo shows Fu Qiaomei, a world-renowned scientist from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), conducting experiments on an ancient cheese sample at the ultra-clean lab of the institute in Beijing, capital of China. The 3,500-year-old mummies unearthed two decades ago in Xinjiang region captured global attention this week after scientists sequenced DNA from three cheese samples found at their burial site, revealing the secrets of the world's oldest known fermented dairy products.. TO GO WITH ''China Focus: Cheese from mummies' graves reveals secrets of ancient fermentation'' (CAS/Handout via Xinhua) (Credit Image: © Yuan Quan/Xinhua/Zuma Press/Fotoarena)

20240927_zaf_x99_001 BEIJING, Sept. 27, 2024 This undated file photo shows the comparison of a tube cap (L) and two Bronze Age cheese samples unearthed from a tomb site in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The 3,500-year-old mummies unearthed two decades ago in Xinjiang region captured global attention this week after scientists sequenced DNA from three cheese samples found at their burial site, revealing the secrets of the world's oldest known fermented dairy products.. TO GO WITH ''China Focus: Cheese from mummies' graves reveals secrets of ancient fermentation' (Credit Image: © Yuan Quan/Xinhua/Zuma Press/Fotoarena)

ny130323195805 Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ Ludovic Orlando, director of the Center for Anthropobiology and Genomics of Toulouse, in France, March 2, 2023. Orlando and researchers from 37 laboratories around the world analyzed the genomes of 207 modern donkeys, living in 31 countries, and also sequenced DNA from the skeletons of 31 early donkeys that date as far back as 4,500 years. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130323195006 Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ Ludovic Orlando, director of the Center for Anthropobiology and Genomics of Toulouse, in a lab where his team works with DNA samples at the Universit? Paul Sabatier, in Toulouse, France, March 2, 2023. Orlando and researchers from 37 laboratories around the world analyzed the genomes of 207 modern donkeys, living in 31 countries, and also sequenced DNA from the skeletons of 31 early donkeys that date as far back as 4,500 years. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250322215205 ? PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022 ? A forensic scientist prepares a sample prior to forensic grade genome sequencing at Othram?s lab in The Woodlands, Texas, on March 24, 2022. True crime fans are donating millions of dollars to help solve cold cases. (Michael Stravato/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250322202406 ? PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022 ? A forensic scientist prepares a sample prior to forensic grade genome sequencing at Othram?s lab in The Woodlands, Texas, on March 24, 2022. True crime fans are donating millions of dollars to help solve cold cases. (Michael Stravato/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny310521163305 FILE -- A technician at HudsonAlpha, a genome sequencing lab in Huntsville, Ala., that has worked on more than 1,000 forensic genealogy cases, on April 28, 2021. Maryland and Montana have passed the nation?s first laws limiting forensic genealogy, the method that found the Golden State Killer. (Wes Frazer/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny150221232605 Sreng Sokunthea, left, a lab technician, interviews Siv Vath, a garment worker who had a high fever, in Kampong Speu, Cambodia on June 24, 2020. His blood was analyzed and put through a genetic sequencer in Dr. Manning?s lab. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270919162804 Lupita Guadalupe Mireles tests a DNA sequence used to map the avocado genome at the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity in Guanajuanto, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2019. Scientists in the U.S. and Mexico have mapped the DNA of several varieties, which could result in fruit that resist disease or survive in drier conditions. (Celia Talbot Tobin/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270919163003 A DNA sequencer used to map the avocado genome at the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity in Guanajuanto, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2019. Scientists in the U.S. and Mexico have mapped the DNA of several varieties, which could result in fruit that resist disease or survive in drier conditions. (Celia Talbot Tobin/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270919162604 Lupita Guadalupe Mireles tests a DNA sequence used to map the avocado genome at the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity in Guanajuanto, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2019. Scientists in the U.S. and Mexico have mapped the DNA of several varieties, which could result in fruit that resist disease or survive in drier conditions. (Celia Talbot Tobin/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

LON40961 G.B. ENGLAND. Enderby. DNA testing for a murder investigation. 1987.

alb5578976 Binary tunnel and DNA Strand in Vivid Colors.

alb5579231 Binary tunnel and DNA Strand.

alb5575128 Binary tunnel and DNA strand.

alb5576738 DNA chain and eyeballs.

alb5578541 Binary tunnel and DNA Strand.

alb5576516 Symbolic composition. DNA strand and heartbeat cardiogram.

alb5576150 Genetic medicine. DNA strand and colorful eye balls.

alb5576404 Colorful eyeballs, DNA, surgery instrument and vitruvian man.

alb5567692 Chromosome unraveled to show DNA and damaged telomere with telomerase enzyme.

alb2267322 Infographic where the structure of DNA and its composition are described. [QuarkXPress (.qxp); Adobe InDesign (.indd); QuarkXPress (.qxd); 4960x3188].

alb2268569 Infographic about genetic therapies that allow transferring healthy genetic material to the organism, and substitute the defective genes. [QuarkXPress (.qxp); Adobe InDesign (.indd); 4960x3188].

alb2267641 Infographics of the human genetic map, its application in medicine and transmission of genetic inheritance in humans. [Adobe Illustrator (.ai); 4960x3248].

alb5565631 Chromosome unraveled to show DNA and damaged telomere with telomerase enzyme.

akg7610899 Cacicus viridis, Print, Cacique (bird), The caciques are passerine birds in the New World blackbird family which are resident breeders in tropical South America north to Mexico. All of the group are in currently placed in the genus Cacicus, except the aberrant yellow-billed cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus), and the Mexican cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) which constitute respective monotypic genera. Judging from mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence (Price & Lanyon 2002), the aberrant oropendolas band-tailed oropendola (Ocyalus latirostris) and casqued oropendola, Psarocolius oseryi (Ocyalus oseryi?) seem to be closer to the caciques., 1796-1799.

alb4367440 Cacicus bifasciatus, Print, Cacique (bird), The caciques are passerine birds in the New World blackbird family which are resident breeders in tropical South America north to Mexico. All of the group are in currently placed in the genus Cacicus, except the aberrant yellow-billed cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus), and the Mexican cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) which constitute respective monotypic genera. Judging from mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence (Price & Lanyon 2002), the aberrant oropendolas band-tailed oropendola (Ocyalus latirostris) and casqued oropendola, Psarocolius oseryi (Ocyalus oseryi?) seem to be closer to the caciques., 1700-1880.

alb4363550 Colaptes rivolii, Print, The crimson-mantled woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii) is a bird species in the woodpecker family (Picidae). It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus but moved to the genus Colaptes after mitochondrial DNA sequencing. Its scientific name, rivolii, honors French ornithologist François Victor Masséna, second Duke of Rivoli and third Prince of Essling., 1700-1880.

alb4379833 Cacicus citrinus, Print, Cacique (bird), The caciques are passerine birds in the New World blackbird family which are resident breeders in tropical South America north to Mexico. All of the group are in currently placed in the genus Cacicus, except the aberrant yellow-billed cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus), and the Mexican cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) which constitute respective monotypic genera. Judging from mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence (Price & Lanyon 2002), the aberrant oropendolas band-tailed oropendola (Ocyalus latirostris) and casqued oropendola, Psarocolius oseryi (Ocyalus oseryi?) seem to be closer to the caciques., 1700-1880.

alb4376031 Colaptes rivolii, Print, The crimson-mantled woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii) is a bird species in the woodpecker family (Picidae). It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus but moved to the genus Colaptes after mitochondrial DNA sequencing. Its scientific name, rivolii, honors French ornithologist François Victor Masséna, second Duke of Rivoli and third Prince of Essling., 1820-1860.

alb4359490 Cacicus viridis, Print, Cacique (bird), The caciques are passerine birds in the New World blackbird family which are resident breeders in tropical South America north to Mexico. All of the group are in currently placed in the genus Cacicus, except the aberrant yellow-billed cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus), and the Mexican cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) which constitute respective monotypic genera. Judging from mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence (Price & Lanyon 2002), the aberrant oropendolas band-tailed oropendola (Ocyalus latirostris) and casqued oropendola, Psarocolius oseryi (Ocyalus oseryi?) seem to be closer to the caciques., 1796-1799.

alb4359191 Petroica longipes, Print, The North Island robin (Petroica longipes) is a species of Australasian robin endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It and the South Island robin (P. australis) of the South Island and Stewart Island were once considered conspecific (and called the "New Zealand robin"), but mitochondrial DNA sequences have shown that the two lineages split prior to the Pleistocene and support the classification as two different species., 1825-1838.

iblnom00878220 Female laboratory assistant with gene chip and reading device for sequencing and gene expression profiling, Max-Planck-Institute for molecular genetics, AG Kardiovaskulaere Genetik, Berlin, Germany, Europe

iblnom00878221 Female laboratory assistant with gene chip and reading device for sequencing and gene expression profiling, Max-Planck-Institute for molecular genetics, AG Kardiovaskulaere Genetik, Berlin, Germany, Europe

iblnom00878223 Female laboratory assistant with gene chip and reading device for sequencing and gene expression profiling, Max-Planck-Institute for molecular genetics, AG Kardiovaskulaere Genetik, Berlin, Germany, Europe

alb3894680 Automated DNA sequencing laboratory equipment and paraphernalia.

dpa7365900 (dpa) - The monitor of a sequencer of the company AppliedBiosystems pictured in Berlin, Germany, 15 April 2003. 50 years ago, in 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick famously described the structure of the DNA, the molecule that carries the genetic code. Between 15 and 27 April, the modern exhibition 'Von der Doppelhelix zum Genom - 50 Jahre DNA-Struktur' (from the double helix to the genome - 50 years of DNA structure) in the museum of natural history informs visitors about the research history on the DNA.

akg2168449 The Smile of Myrtidia. The young Athenian Myrtis lost her life in a early age. but will be revealed again her smile thanks to the unique remodeling of the Greek scientists. Her name is 'Myrtis' and is 11 years. Nearly 2,500 years later, the smile of Myrtidia is about to be seen again. Greek and European scientists worked together to recreate the face the 11 year-old girl. This is one of the most successful cases of rehabilitation because the child's skull remained perfect, giving scientists the opportunity to work with the least possible deviation from reality, not known is the color of her eyes or tone of her skin. How successful can we be the reconstruction of her face Myrtidia? According to Mr. Papagrigorakis 'In every person there is always regenerate a degree of ambiguity arises from the existence of cartilage components. Here the reconstruction which is undoubtedly very close to reality. This is a unique case where we know exactly how the person was a person who lived in classical antiquity, and the statues are likely to be beautified expressions of reality. '. discovered during the excavation of a mass grave in the Kerameikos in the mid 1990's. This is one of eight children found in a tomb. Work was done by the archaeologist kyriaEfi Vaziotopoulou-Valavanis, the geneticist k. Christo Giapitzakikai the orthodontists Manoli Papagrigorakis also Filippo Synodinos. With the use of molecular techniques that allow the analysis of DNA sequences. IN THE PHOTO: THE GIRL MYRTIS AS IF SHE HAS COME BACK TO LIFE. full front view.

akg2168450 The Smile of Myrtidia. The young Athenian Myrtis lost her life in a early age. but will be revealed again her smile thanks to the unique remodeling of the Greek scientists. Her name is 'Myrtis' and is 11 years. Nearly 2,500 years later, the smile of Myrtidia is about to be seen again. Greek and European scientists worked together to recreate the face the 11 year-old girl. This is one of the most successful cases of rehabilitation because the child's skull remained perfect, giving scientists the opportunity to work with the least possible deviation from reality, not known is the color of her eyes or tone of her skin. How successful can we be the reconstruction of her face Myrtidia? According to Mr. Papagrigorakis 'In every person there is always regenerate a degree of ambiguity arises from the existence of cartilage components. Here the reconstruction which is undoubtedly very close to reality. This is a unique case where we know exactly how the person was a person who lived in classical antiquity, and the statues are likely to be beautified expressions of reality. '. discovered during the excavation of a mass grave in the Kerameikos in the mid 1990's. This is one of eight children found in a tomb. Work was done by the archaeologist kyriaEfi Vaziotopoulou-Valavanis, the geneticist k. Christo Giapitzakikai the orthodontists Manoli Papagrigorakis also Filippo Synodinos. With the use of molecular techniques that allow the analysis of DNA sequences. IN THE PHOTO: THE GIRL MYRTIS AS IF SHE HAS COME BACK TO LIFE. viewfrom left side.

akg2168448 The Smile of Myrtidia. The young Athenian Myrtis lost her life in a early age. but will be revealed again her smile thanks to the unique remodeling of the Greek scientists. Her name is 'Myrtis' and is 11 years. Nearly 2,500 years later, the smile of Myrtidia is about to be seen again. Greek and European scientists worked together to recreate the face the 11 year-old girl. This is one of the most successful cases of rehabilitation because the child's skull remained perfect, giving scientists the opportunity to work with the least possible deviation from reality, not known is the color of her eyes or tone of her skin. How successful can we be the reconstruction of her face Myrtidia? According to Mr. Papagrigorakis 'In every person there is always regenerate a degree of ambiguity arises from the existence of cartilage components. Here the reconstruction which is undoubtedly very close to reality. This is a unique case where we know exactly how the person was a person who lived in classical antiquity, and the statues are likely to be beautified expressions of reality. '. discovered during the excavation of a mass grave in the Kerameikos in the mid 1990's. This is one of eight children found in a tomb. Work was done by the archaeologist kyriaEfi Vaziotopoulou-Valavanis, the geneticist k. Christo Giapitzakikai the orthodontists Manoli Papagrigorakis also Filippo Synodinos. With the use of molecular techniques that allow the analysis of DNA sequences. IN THE PHOTO: THE GIRL MYRTIS AS IF SHE HAS COME BACK TO LIFE. at the museum a disply of the background work.

akg2168447 The Smile of Myrtidia. The young Athenian Myrtis lost her life in a early age. but will be revealed again her smile thanks to the unique remodeling of the Greek scientists. Her name is 'Myrtis' and is 11 years. Nearly 2,500 years later, the smile of Myrtidia is about to be seen again. Greek and European scientists worked together to recreate the face the 11 year-old girl. This is one of the most successful cases of rehabilitation because the child's skull remained perfect, giving scientists the opportunity to work with the least possible deviation from reality, not known is the color of her eyes or tone of her skin. How successful can we be the reconstruction of her face Myrtidia? According to Mr. Papagrigorakis 'In every person there is always regenerate a degree of ambiguity arises from the existence of cartilage components. Here the reconstruction which is undoubtedly very close to reality. This is a unique case where we know exactly how the person was a person who lived in classical antiquity, and the statues are likely to be beautified expressions of reality. '. discovered during the excavation of a mass grave in the Kerameikos in the mid 1990's. This is one of eight children found in a tomb. Work was done by the archaeologist kyriaEfi Vaziotopoulou-Valavanis, the geneticist k. Christo Giapitzakikai the orthodontists Manoli Papagrigorakis also Filippo Synodinos. With the use of molecular techniques that allow the analysis of DNA sequences. IN THE PHOTO: THE ORIGINAL SKULL FOUND AT THE GRAVE.

akg2168446 The Smile of Myrtidia. The young Athenian Myrtis lost her life in a early age. but will be revealed again her smile thanks to the unique remodeling of the Greek scientists. Her name is 'Myrtis' and is 11 years. Nearly 2,500 years later, the smile of Myrtidia is about to be seen again. Greek and European scientists worked together to recreate the face the 11 year-old girl. This is one of the most successful cases of rehabilitation because the child's skull remained perfect, giving scientists the opportunity to work with the least possible deviation from reality, not known is the color of her eyes or tone of her skin. How successful can we be the reconstruction of her face Myrtidia? According to Mr. Papagrigorakis 'In every person there is always regenerate a degree of ambiguity arises from the existence of cartilage components. Here the reconstruction which is undoubtedly very close to reality. This is a unique case where we know exactly how the person was a person who lived in classical antiquity, and the statues are likely to be beautified expressions of reality. '. discovered during the excavation of a mass grave in the Kerameikos in the mid 1990's. This is one of eight children found in a tomb. Work was done by the archaeologist kyriaEfi Vaziotopoulou-Valavanis, the geneticist k. Christo Giapitzakikai the orthodontists Manoli Papagrigorakis also Filippo Synodinos. With the use of molecular techniques that allow the analysis of DNA sequences. IN THE PHOTO: THE GIRL MYRTIS AS IF SHE HAS COME BACK TO LIFE. viewfrom left side.

akg2168445 The Smile of Myrtidia. The young Athenian Myrtis lost her life in a early age. but will be revealed again her smile thanks to the unique remodeling of the Greek scientists. Her name is 'Myrtis' and is 11 years. Nearly 2,500 years later, the smile of Myrtidia is about to be seen again. Greek and European scientists worked together to recreate the face the 11 year-old girl. This is one of the most successful cases of rehabilitation because the child's skull remained perfect, giving scientists the opportunity to work with the least possible deviation from reality, not known is the color of her eyes or tone of her skin. How successful can we be the reconstruction of her face Myrtidia? According to Mr. Papagrigorakis 'In every person there is always regenerate a degree of ambiguity arises from the existence of cartilage components. Here the reconstruction which is undoubtedly very close to reality. This is a unique case where we know exactly how the person was a person who lived in classical antiquity, and the statues are likely to be beautified expressions of reality. '. discovered during the excavation of a mass grave in the Kerameikos in the mid 1990's. This is one of eight children found in a tomb. Work was done by the archaeologist kyriaEfi Vaziotopoulou-Valavanis, the geneticist k. Christo Giapitzakikai the orthodontists Manoli Papagrigorakis also Filippo Synodinos. With the use of molecular techniques that allow the analysis of DNA sequences. IN THE PHOTO: THE GIRL MYRTIS AS IF SHE HAS COME BACK TO LIFE. full front view.

akg2168443 The Smile of Myrtidia. The young Athenian Myrtis lost her life in a early age. but will be revealed again her smile thanks to the unique remodeling of the Greek scientists. Her name is 'Myrtis' and is 11 years. Nearly 2,500 years later, the smile of Myrtidia is about to be seen again. Greek and European scientists worked together to recreate the face the 11 year-old girl. This is one of the most successful cases of rehabilitation because the child's skull remained perfect, giving scientists the opportunity to work with the least possible deviation from reality, not known is the color of her eyes or tone of her skin. How successful can we be the reconstruction of her face Myrtidia? According to Mr. Papagrigorakis 'In every person there is always regenerate a degree of ambiguity arises from the existence of cartilage components. Here the reconstruction which is undoubtedly very close to reality. This is a unique case where we know exactly how the person was a person who lived in classical antiquity, and the statues are likely to be beautified expressions of reality. '. discovered during the excavation of a mass grave in the Kerameikos in the mid 1990's. This is one of eight children found in a tomb. Work was done by the archaeologist kyriaEfi Vaziotopoulou-Valavanis, the geneticist k. Christo Giapitzakikai the orthodontists Manoli Papagrigorakis also Filippo Synodinos. With the use of molecular techniques that allow the analysis of DNA sequences. IN THE PHOTO: THE GIRL MYRTIS AS IF SHE HAS COME BACK TO LIFE. at the museum a disply of the background work.

akg2168438 The Smile of Myrtidia. The young Athenian Myrtis lost her life in a early age. but will be revealed again her smile thanks to the unique remodeling of the Greek scientists. Her name is 'Myrtis' and is 11 years. Nearly 2,500 years later, the smile of Myrtidia is about to be seen again. Greek and European scientists worked together to recreate the face the 11 year-old girl. This is one of the most successful cases of rehabilitation because the child's skull remained perfect, giving scientists the opportunity to work with the least possible deviation from reality, not known is the color of her eyes or tone of her skin. How successful can we be the reconstruction of her face Myrtidia? According to Mr. Papagrigorakis 'In every person there is always regenerate a degree of ambiguity arises from the existence of cartilage components. Here the reconstruction which is undoubtedly very close to reality. This is a unique case where we know exactly how the person was a person who lived in classical antiquity, and the statues are likely to be beautified expressions of reality. '. discovered during the excavation of a mass grave in the Kerameikos in the mid 1990's. This is one of eight children found in a tomb. Work was done by the archaeologist kyriaEfi Vaziotopoulou-Valavanis, the geneticist k. Christo Giapitzakikai the orthodontists Manoli Papagrigorakis also Filippo Synodinos. With the use of molecular techniques that allow the analysis of DNA sequences. IN THE PHOTO: THE ORIGINAL SKULL FOUND AT THE GRAVE.

akg2168439 The Smile of Myrtidia. The young Athenian Myrtis lost her life in a early age. but will be revealed again her smile thanks to the unique remodeling of the Greek scientists. Her name is 'Myrtis' and is 11 years. Nearly 2,500 years later, the smile of Myrtidia is about to be seen again. Greek and European scientists worked together to recreate the face the 11 year-old girl. This is one of the most successful cases of rehabilitation because the child's skull remained perfect, giving scientists the opportunity to work with the least possible deviation from reality, not known is the color of her eyes or tone of her skin. How successful can we be the reconstruction of her face Myrtidia? According to Mr. Papagrigorakis 'In every person there is always regenerate a degree of ambiguity arises from the existence of cartilage components. Here the reconstruction which is undoubtedly very close to reality. This is a unique case where we know exactly how the person was a person who lived in classical antiquity, and the statues are likely to be beautified expressions of reality. '. discovered during the excavation of a mass grave in the Kerameikos in the mid 1990's. This is one of eight children found in a tomb. Work was done by the archaeologist kyriaEfi Vaziotopoulou-Valavanis, the geneticist k. Christo Giapitzakikai the orthodontists Manoli Papagrigorakis also Filippo Synodinos. With the use of molecular techniques that allow the analysis of DNA sequences. IN THE PHOTO: THE ORIGINAL SKULL FOUND AT THE GRAVE.

dpa7380019 (dpa) - A blood sample is pictured in front of a DNA sequence analyser at the central office of the Parkinson Competence Network in Marburg, Germany, 28 March 2003. About 250,000 people in Germany are suffering from the uncurable Parkinson's Disease which leads to shakiness, slow movements and muscle atony and makes even simple things in life hard to do. The network is a national research project to examine the causes of the disease, to develop better therapy and to optimize care of patients.