ABSTRACT - Center for Advancement of Genomics and Duke University plan new approach to identifying genes involved in complex major illnesses; seek to jump-start long-discussed idea of using genomic data to assess people's health risks; center president Dr J Craig Venter says he is opening large facility to sequence many genes from large number of patients, looking for mutations that might be associated with higher risk of disease; Duke medical center doctors will draw up lists of human genes likely to play role in diseases (M) A new approach to identifying the genes involved in complex illnesses like cancer and heart disease will be announced today by the Center for the Advancement of Genomics in Rockville, Md., and Duke University.

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