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DNA sequencing determines the order of the four chemical building blocks - called "bases" - that make up the DNA molecule.
… DNA sequencing determines the order of the four chemical building … Sequencing DNA means determining the order of the four … the pairing also underlies the methods by which most DNA sequencing experiments are done. The human genome contains … (NHGRI) Genome Technology Program and its Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology awards. One of NHGRI's goals is to …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the 25th anniversary of NHGRI's Intramural Research Program.
…  On October 1, the NHGRI Intramural Research Program (IRP) celebrated its silver anniversary. … genetic diseases; developing new paradigms for mapping, sequencing, and interpreting the human and other vertebrate … genetic diseases. The IRP has research laboratories and clinical facilities on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, …
News Release
NHGRI awards $6.7 million in new research grants to develop DNA sequencing technologies that are more sensitive, faster, cheaper and more accurate.
… is surely not alone in his astonishment. The field of DNA sequencing is full of ideas that are just crazy enough to … Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). "If we can't see what's there … that began in 2004 through the Genome Technology Program. "Direct RNA sequencing is one of the particularly …
Media Advisory
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host researchers from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, who have now sequenced the remaining 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two decades.
… for nearly two decades. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will host a press conference in … What: Virtual press conference to announce T2T consortium sequencing a complete human genome Moderator: Eric Green, …
Research Funding
The N​on-Coding Variants Program explores which variants in a region associated with a disease or trait cause the higher risk for the disease or trait
… when and where proteins are made. The Non-Coding Variants Program (NoVa) supports the development of approaches to … cause the higher risk for the disease or trait. This program supports computational methods to integrate many data … R01 HG008150 Bing Ren Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego Non-coding …
Research Funding
The Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) maintains and updates the human genome reference and provides it to the scientific community.
… the genomics community. The NHGRI Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) provides funding for efforts to maintain and … to use the pangenome reference resource to improve their research.   … and an effort to continue to develop technology for sequencing complete high-quality genomes. See Table below. …
Clinical Research
A Longitudinal Natural History Study of Children with Mitochondrial Disease (at the NIH Clinical Center).
… to define the relationship between infection, immunity and clinical decline in individuals with mitochondrial disease. … with mitochondrial disease can lead to worsening clinical symptoms, particularly neurologic symptoms.  … is to understand the relationship between infection and clinical decline in patients with mitochondrial disease. …
Clinical Research
The Protocol Service Center provides assistance in the development and administration of study protocols requiring NIH Institutional Review Board approval.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Protocol Service Center (PSC) … Federal regulations and policies related to human subjects research. The NHGRI PSC maintains close working relationships … of resources for the investigator wishing to conduct clinical research. Services that the PSC can provide to …
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic Medicine Branch houses clinical and laboratory research programs that focus on the development of new therapies for patients with genetic disorders.
… The Metabolic Medicine Branch (MMB) houses clinical and laboratory research programs that focus on the development of new … The research conducted in the Metabolic Medicine Branch involves interconnected laboratory and clinical projects focused on several conditions, including …
Staff
Cynthia Tifft, M.D., Ph.D. is the deputy clinical director for the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Tifft is a senior clinician at the National Human Genome Research Institute where she serves as deputy clinical director and directs the Pediatric Undiagnosed … Using comprehensive phenotyping and next generation sequencing, she and her team have provided diagnoses to …