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The Genomics Landscape
In the September 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, the 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards and more.
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In a study published in the journal Science, collaborators at NHGRI, the National University of Ireland, Galway, and the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience at the University of Florida, Augustine, reported that activation of the gene Tfap2 in adult stem cells in Hydractinia can turn those cells into germ cells in a cycle that can repeat endlessly.
… cell production. The researchers used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique to remove Tfap2 from Hydractinia and … stem cells, whole-genome sequence data, CRISPR-Cas9, gene-editing …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the important genomics legacy of the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) program as it comes to an end.
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A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) is an engineered DNA molecule used to clone DNA sequences in bacterial cells (for example, E. coli).
… Cloning, Bacteria, Bioengineering, DNA Sequencing, Base Pair, Chromosomes … an organism's DNA, ranging from 100,000 to about 300,000 base pairs, can be inserted into BACs. The BACs, with their …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the December 2021 NHGRI symposium's success in confronting the difficult pasts of eugenics and scientific racism.
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the NHGRI Intramural Research Program as well as announces the launch of a new digital history archive.
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Polymorphism involves one of two or more variants of a particular DNA sequence.
… Base Pair, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Genotype, Mutation, …
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Gene expression is the process by which the information encoded in a gene is used to direct the assembly of a protein molecule.
… Genetic Code, DNA, DNA Sequence, Proteins, Base Pairs …
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The zebrafish is a powerhouse tool that helps researchers better understand the genes that are implicated in disease.
… known as the NHGRI Zebrafish Core. The core uses genome-editing technology to intentionally introduce small … Zebrafish core, zebrafish and genome research, genome editing, Raman Sood Ph.D., Shawn Burgess Ph.D., developmental …
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Double helix is the description of the structure of a DNA molecule.
… Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine, ACGT, Base Pairs, DNA, Watson And Crick …