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Research Funding
GS-IT provides sequence analysis tools and software to scientists who rely on genomics in their research.
… … Grantees … Program Staff … Related Content … Genome Sequencing Informatics Tools (GS-IT) provides "researcher … rely on genomics in their biological, biomedical and clinical research. … Genome Sequencing Informatics Tools … Genome …
News Release
A new genome-based technology for demystifying undiagnosed illnesses - even rare childhood diseases - is moving into general medical practice.
… - particularly rare childhood diseases - is moving from research laboratories into general medical practice. Now, two … … "This primer illustrates how rapidly the use of genome sequencing has moved into clinical practice," said NHGRI Director Eric D. Green, M.D., …
Research at NHGRI
The Social and Behavioral Research Branch conducts research to apply genomic discoveries to improve health and clinical care.
… The Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB) aims to develop optimal approaches for the integration of genomic discoveries into clinical and community contexts. … Our research focuses on a … through using animal models to explore these connections. Clinical translation of genomic discovery We approach …
News Release
A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results.
… … A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results. The research suggests that newer, faster, … may have important implications for the DNA sequencing of clinical samples, and perhaps affect the diagnostic pipeline …
News Release
NIH is establishing the Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium, with approximately $11 million awarded in the consortium’s first year of funding. The new consortium aims to advance the generation and analysis of “multi-omic” data for human health research.
… New research consortium will develop innovative strategies for clinical studies involving ancestrally diverse populations. … … work will have broad and long-lasting impacts for clinical research.” Approximately half of the awarded funds …
Fact Sheets
Estimated cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… have led to substantial reductions in the cost of genome sequencing. The underlying costs associated with different … they influence the scope and scale of almost all genomics research projects. … Significant scrutiny and attention have … of human genetics studies and the increasing number of clinical applications for genome sequencing, even greater …
Event
On April 10-11, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored a workshop titled Defining a Clinical Data Ecosystem for Genomic Health in Washington, DC.
… On April 10-11, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored a workshop titled Defining a Clinical Data Ecosystem for Genomic Health in Washington, DC. … longitudinally in patient care — that is, whole genome sequencing — rather than many different orderable panels. …
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.
… move forward with funding and conducting the planned 2022 research activities. In a bit of additional internal … Health Equity Office. All the best, … When pursuing clinical genomic studies, it is important to be transparent … approach of using the best-available technologies for sequencing DNA and pushing them to their absolute limits. In …
News Release
NIH Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health is participating in the H3Africa Consortium's effort to develop an African-specific genotyping array.
… risk of kidney disease. … "Strides have been made but more research must be done to understand the interactions of … Global Health is actively participating in the H3Africa Consortium 's effort to develop an African-specific … for Supercomputing Applications, the Baylor Human Genome Sequencing Center and others. They will base the new …
Fact Sheets
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 Institute. This information …