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15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
​Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same.
… the same. … Did you know that at the base-pair level your genome is 99.9 percent the same as all of the humans around … entirely define you. Well before the completion of the Human Genome Project, researchers began developing tools to … people. When scientists agreed to use the one "reference" human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project …
About Genomics
The Human Genome Project was an inward voyage of discovery led by an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all the genes of our species.
… The Human Genome Project (HGP) is one of the greatest scientific feats … to comprehensively study all of the DNA (known as a genome) of a select set of organisms. Launched in October 1990 and completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project’s signature accomplishment – generating …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green focuses on recent efforts to make the human genome reference sequence useful to basic and clinical researchers and how increasing the representation of human genomic variation will remain key components of NHGRI’s Human Genome Reference Program.
… opening talk at the fourth annual International Summit in Human Genetics and Genomics at NIH last month. The month-long … at 12 p.m. ET, a poster session at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting held Oct. 15-19, 2019, a … updates and monitor the ‘Genomics2020’ calendar . … The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently …
News Release
Scientists from the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has created the world's largest catalog of genomic differences among humans.
… in addition to new methods of prevention. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … investigators identified about 88 million sites in the human genome that vary among people, establishing a database …
News Release
NHGRI celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Human Genome Project with a "15 for 15" Celebration that commemorates the genomic advances since 2003.
… Palmer … On April 25th - National DNA Day - the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project. To commemorate this milestone and the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium's publishing of a collection of papers that reported the first truly complete sequence of the human genome.
… significance of their results.   …  In 2003, the Human Genome Project ended with the generation of an essentially complete sequence of the human genome. The project took the practical approach of …
News Release
Researchers analyzing human, fly, and worm genomes have found these species have key genomic processes in common, reflecting their shared ancestry.
… Steven Benowitz … Researchers analyzing human, fly, and worm genomes have found that these species … Nature , offer insights into embryonic development, gene regulation and other biological processes vital to … the ENCODE Project, both supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National …
About Genomics
February 15, 2021 marks the 20-year anniversary of publications reporting the draft human genome sequence.
… papers that revealed the first detailed look at the human genome's nearly complete sequence. A part of the Human Genome Project, these studies launched a new era in …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results show that generating a precise, base-by-base sequence of a human chromosome is now possible, and will enable researchers to produce a complete sequence of the human genome.
… era in genomics research. … Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results, published today in the journal …
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Rebecca Hong is a scientific program analyst in the Policy and Program Analysis Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… Policy and Program Analysis Branch (PPAB) at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Her responsibilities in … project management. The focus areas of her work are FDA regulation of genomic technologies and U.S. science policy …