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The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center helps people find useful information about genetic and rare diseases.
… The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center helps people find useful information about genetic and rare diseases … The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD)  was created in … by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation (DRDRI) …
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 … the project took on a wide range of other goals, from sequencing the genomes of model organisms to developing new …
Educational Resources
Shotgun sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the DNA sequence of an organism's genome.
… Shotgun Sequencing … Shotgun sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the DNA … Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), DNA Sequencing, Genome, Human Genome Project … Shotgun sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the DNA … Shotgun sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the DNA …
Educational Resources
DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique used to determine the exact sequence of bases (A, C, G, and T) in a DNA molecule.
… DNA Sequencing … DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique used to determine the exact sequence of bases (A, C, G, and T) in a DNA molecule. … Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine, ACGT, DNA, DNA Sequencing … DNA sequencing refers to the general laboratory technique for …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Advances in genomics are reducing the cost of genome sequencing by a million-fold.
… Advances in genomics are reducing the cost of genome sequencing by a million-fold. … contains about six billion individual building blocks - and that we can now read the order of all those building blocks in about a day and for about $1000? Leaps in technology since the Human …
News Release
New grants totaling approximately $29.5 million will enable scientists to generate and maintain the most comprehensive reference sequence of the human genome.
… $29.5 million will enable scientists to generate and maintain the most comprehensive reference sequence of the … The funds are necessary for making advances in DNA sequencing technology and computational methods possible. As a result, NHGRI will … Research Institute (NHGRI) is one of the 27 institutes and centers at the NIH, an agency of the Department of Health …
Fact Sheets
Data used to estimate the cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… (NHGRI) has tracked the costs associated with DNA sequencing performed at the sequencing centers funded by the … for assessing improvements in DNA sequencing technologies and for establishing the DNA sequencing capacity of the NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program. Here, NHGRI provides an analysis of these data, which gives one view of the …
News Release
eMERGE Network will support multiple clinical sites and a coordinating center with $75 million over five years.
… eMERGE Network will support multiple clinical sites and a coordinating center with $75 million over five years. … funding over five years for the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Genomic Risk Assessment and Management … on how to effectively use electronic health records and large biorepositories for genomics research in order to …
News Release
In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease.
… In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers … that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic risk score to predict elevated … Lipids are fat-like substances that can be found in blood and body tissues. They come in two major forms — cholesterol …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… ** James Watson was the first NHGRI Director and appears here as part of our history collection. Despite … career was also punctuated by a number of offensive and scientifically erroneous comments about his beliefs on race, nationalities, homosexuality, gender and other societal topics. Dr. Watson’s opinions on these …