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Data used to estimate the cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… For many years, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has tracked the costs associated with DNA sequencing performed at the sequencing centers funded by the … for establishing the DNA sequencing capacity of the NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program. Here, NHGRI provides an analysis …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recalls the White House event announcing the draft human genome sequence.
… announce the completion of a draft sequence of the human genome. The ceremony took place in the East Room of the White … gathered to celebrate a major milestone for the Human Genome Project. This historic landmark for biomedical … had also accomplished a series of other goals, including sequencing the genomes of a set of model organisms. In fact, …
News Release
Researchers, clinicians, and computational biologists meet to consider future opportunities for NHGRI's Genome Sequencing Program.
… Genome researchers, clinicians, computational biologists and … scope and future opportunities for the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP) at a July 28 - 29 meeting in … The workshop, "Future Opportunities for Genome Sequencing and Beyond: A Planning Workshop for the …
News Release
NHGRI convened geneticists, biologists, clinicians, bioinformatics specialists and more to provide expert advice on the future of its Genome Sequencing Program.
… On July 28-29, 2014, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) convened geneticists, … to provide expert advice on the future of its flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP). … The two-day meeting, titled, Future Opportunities for Genome Sequencing and Beyond: A Planning workshop for the …
Research Funding
Funded in 2016 to harmonize, access, and analyze the data produced by the sequencing centers.
… The Genome Sequencing Program Analysis Centers (GSPACs) were funded in … to harmonize, access, and analyze the data produced by the sequencing centers. The GSPACs undertake novel, … Genome Sequencing Program Analysis Centers … to harmonize, access, and analyze the data produced by the sequencing centers. ​ …
Research Funding
The Genome Sequencing Program uses genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease.
… The Genome Sequencing Program is consists of the following centers … The NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program (GSP) has evolved from NIH's participation in the International Human Genome Sequencing Project (HGP). In addition to creating an … optimize technical and project design approaches for using genome sequencing to understand common disease. The Centers …
News Release
The Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium has offered an ethical framework to guide pediatricians in pursuing clinical sequencing studies.
… More than many other diagnostic technologies, genome sequencing carries the possibility of incidental or … what information they should disclose, and to whom, when genome sequencing uncovers signs of possible genetic risk for … into clinical medicine, is funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Cancer …
Talking Glossary
The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is not the DNA sequence of a single person.
… Human Genome Reference Sequence … The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is … A human genome reference sequence is an accepted representation of the human genome sequence that is used by researchers as a standard for … The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is …
News Release
NHGRI-funded CSER investigators and colleagues point to need for greater evidence that DNA sequencing helps patients.
… In the nearly four years since its launch, the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) program has made … disease; improved the analysis and interpretation of DNA sequencing results; and provided new insights into the … CSER, which is funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Cancer …
About Genomics
In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished two years ahead of schedule and at a cost less than the original estimated budget.
… In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished and made available to scientists … and researchers two years ahead of the original Human Genome Project schedule and at a cost less than the original … effort to sequence the 3 billion DNA letters in the human genome is considered by many to be one of the most ambitious …