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The DNA Day Starter Kit contains all of the materials you need to plan your classroom or community event.
… The DNA Day Starter Kit contains a style guide and all of the … DNA Day Starter Kit … The DNA Day Starter Kit contains all of the materials you need to … The DNA Day Starter Kit contains all of the materials you need to …
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NHGRI awards $6.7 million in new research grants to develop DNA sequencing technologies that are more sensitive, faster, cheaper and more accurate.
… "Can you believe they make DNA sequencers the size of staplers?" asked Meni Wanunu, … is surely not alone in his astonishment. The field of DNA sequencing is full of ideas that are just crazy enough to … glowing molecules to figure out the correct order of a DNA sequence, and a cell phone-size device that harnesses …
Genetic Disorders
Fragile X syndrome is an inherited intellectual disability caused by a mutation in the FMR1 gene.
… by an alteration (mutation) in the FMR1 gene where a DNA segment, known as the CGG triplet repeat, is expanded. Normally, this DNA segment is repeated from 5 to about 40 times. In people …
News Release
Baylor College of Medicine. Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
… College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). … The two universities will become the DNA Sequencing Core sites for the UDN. The UDN also includes … will develop a pipeline of models for disease-causing mutations in a broad range of human genes.  Johns Hopkins …
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Micro-sized technologies are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology.
… researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology through new grants from the … available, are the last to be awarded by the Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology program of the National Human … projects directed at improving the use of nanopores in DNA sequencing or creating nanopore arrays to enable …
Outreach
Frequently asked questions about National DNA Day - a unique day when students, teachers, and the public can learn more about genetics and genomics.
… What is National DNA Day and why is it important? National DNA Day commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953. … DNA Day FAQ … Frequently asked questions about National DNA Day - a unique day when students, teachers, and the …
Media Advisory
NHGRI memorializes genomics champion Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.) with an annual National DNA Day lecture named in her honor.
… who passed away in March, by naming an annual National DNA Day lecture at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in … in the House of Representatives that created National DNA Day, which celebrates the completion of the Human Genome Project and the anniversary of the discovery of DNA's iconic structure, the double helix. The first speaker …
News Release
Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network identify novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma.
… Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung … identify a greater number of patients with treatable mutations because many potent cancer drugs that target these mutations already exist.  … additional alterations, the investigators looked at DNA copy number changes, or changes in gene number resulting …
News Release
April 25, 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure, milestones being celebrated as part of National DNA Day.
… National DNA Day commemorates Human Genome Project’s completion and discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure. … Project and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure, milestones being celebrated as part of National DNA Day. The National Human Genome Research Institute …
Educational Resources
Polymorphism involves one of two or more variants of a particular DNA sequence.
… involves one of two or more variants of a particular DNA sequence. … Base Pair, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Genotype, Mutation, Phenotype … to the presence of two or more variant forms of a specific DNA sequence that can occur among different individuals or … can be much larger, involving longer stretches of DNA. …