GeneChip Essentials - SNPs Help Researches Find Genetic Causes of Disease SNPs are used to help researchers pinpoint genes that are associated with disease, but to understand how they're used, you have to appreciate the sheer size and complexity of the genome.

SNP Essentials
	One of the findings of the Human Genome Project is that the DNA of any two people, all 3.1...
How Many SNPs Are There?
	SNP research, like the rest of genome research, is definitely a work in progress. No one...
How Do SNPs Help Disease Researchers?
	Finding DNA mutations in genes that cause or contribute to a disease is one of the most...
Over 3.1 Billion Molecules
	To understand how invaluable SNPs are in tracking down mutations that cause disease, you...
How To Find Genes Associated With Disease
	Researchers make the assumption that if 1000 people share the same disease they should also...
DNA Moves In Blocks
	To understand how SNPs help scientist locate disease genes, you first need to understand...
Tracking DNA With SNPs
	The fact that we inherit our DNA in these consistent, predictable blocks is key to understanding...
Finding The Disease Mutation
	Scientists' next step is to look for mutations in the DNA surrounding the SNPs that...
Does That Mean The Marker SNP Is Responsible For The Disease?
It's possible, but it would be quite a stroke of luck. The SNP is a mutation and could...