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Genomics and Medicine
The NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group has compiled a list of interesting advances.
… Implementation Of Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, Oncology Sequencing, Disease-based Findings …
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The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Pilot Project launched in September 2003 to identify all functional elements in the human genome sequence.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) launched a public research … a project to identify all functional elements in the human genome sequence. … In April 2003, the finished sequence of the human genome was announced by the International Human Genome …
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CSER is rapidly advancing the knowledge necessary to develop best practices for implementating genomic sequence data into clinical care.
… Reports of genomic sequencing being applied to the medical care of individual … and analyze evidence regarding the clinical utility of genome sequencing; 2) research the critical interactions … laboratories that influence implementation of clinical genome sequencing; and 3) identify and address real-world …
About Genomics
Resources for understanding the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome.
… uncovered the final DNA sequences that make up a human genome. Learn more about this extraordinary achievement. … The Human Genome Project ended in 2003, but genomic researchers had not … yet determined every last base (or letter) of the human genome sequence. Instead, they had only completed about 92% …
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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). Each … The two universities will become the DNA Sequencing Core sites for the UDN. The UDN also includes … provide sequencing of the protein-coding portion of the genome, or exome. The clinical sequencing results will meet …
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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 National … available, are the last to be awarded by the Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology program of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), a part of NIH. The new …
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The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has generated the first truly complete sequence of a human Y chromosome - the final human chromosome to be fully sequenced.
… a team of researchers funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … involved in human sexual development are spread across the genome and very complex, giving rise to the array of human … sequence particularly difficult to complete. Assembling sequencing data is like trying to read a long book cut into …
Talking Glossary
While some sequencing technologies produce reads that are only a few hundred nucleotides long, some methods can generate reads that are thousands to hundreds of thousands of nucleotides long, known as “long-read DNA sequencing.”
… Long-Read DNA Sequencing … While some sequencing technologies produce reads that are only a few … of thousands of nucleotides long, known as “long-read DNA sequencing.” … DNA sequencing technologies determine the order of the base pairs … to assemble the sequences of full chromosomes. While some sequencing technologies produce reads that are only a few 100 …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… Completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the ability to read nature's complete … 1984-86 Early meetings assess the feasibility of a Human Genome Project. More + 1984-86 In December 1984, the U.S. … hold " The Santa Cruz Workshop " on human genome sequencing. In March 1986, the DOE Office of Health and …
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A new genome-based technology for demystifying undiagnosed illnesses - even rare childhood diseases - is moving into general medical practice.
… Sooner than almost anyone expected, a new, genome-based technology for demystifying undiagnosed … "This primer illustrates how rapidly the use of genome sequencing has moved into clinical practice," said … While these technologies are sometimes referred to as whole-genome or whole-exome sequencing, they don't cover 100 …