It is also involved in the International HapMap Project, a five-country initiative launched in October, to follow up the Human Genome Project with a large-scale study of human genetic variation and its relation to disease.

ECONOMIST: Chinese biotechnology

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Lee's decision to follow up his Oscar win with a TV project was seen as a sign of the growing strength of cable TV.

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Space for Science project was born as a follow-up of different expert and ministerial meetings initiated by UNESCO in 2001 and 2002 and related to the reconstruction of scientific cooperation in South-East Europe (SEE).

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