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NHGRI will highlight rare disease research that benefits affected patients and provides insights into more common disorders on Rare Disease Day.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) researchers … this important relationship in advance of Rare Disease Day at NIH , a day-long symposium that is part of a global … Information Center (GARD), which is supported by the NHGRI/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. GARD …
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Check out this video from NHGRI Director Eric Green talking about the importance of knowing your family health history.
… Branch … In November 2004, the Surgeon General launched a national public health campaign entitled the Family Health … then, the Surgeon General has recognized Thanksgiving as National Family Health History Day. … A Message from the Director This year, the National …
Talking Glossary
Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of technologies for sequencing DNA that became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing).
… Next-Generation DNA Sequencing … Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of … can sequence an entire human genome in a single day and for less than 1,000. … Next-generation DNA sequencing …
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Using a recently developed DNA base-editing technique, researchers correct accelerating aging disorder.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … Using a recently developed DNA base-editing technique, researchers correct accelerating … the journal Nature , and was a collaboration between the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health; Broad Institute of Harvard and …
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The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Consortium presented a half-day workshop on the accessibility & utilization of ENCODE data.
… The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) held a workshop as an ancillary event … October 16, 2018. The ENCODE consortium presented a half-day workshop on the accessibility & utilization of ENCODE … … ENCODE Data Utilization Workshop … The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Consortium presented a half-day …
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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.
… Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. … "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 … Ph.D., director of the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). "If we …
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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 Institutes of Health. … The grants, which total … by the Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology program of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), a part of …
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In honor of Rare Disease Day, experts from the UDN turned to Reddit to answer questions during an "Ask me Anything."
… Ph.D. … On March 3, 2017, in honor of Rare Disease Day , a day celebrated worldwide to raise awareness for rare … conditions. On March 3, 2017, in honor of Rare Disease Day , a day celebrated worldwide to raise awareness for rare …
Talking Glossary
Cell-free DNA testing is a laboratory method that involves analyzing free (i.e., non-cellular) DNA contained within a biological sample, most often to look for genomic variants associated with a hereditary or genetic disorder.
… Cell-Free DNA Testing … Cell-free DNA testing is a laboratory method that involves analyzing free (i.e., non-cellular) DNA contained within a biological sample, most often to look …
Research Funding
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) aims to identify all functional elements in the human and mouse genomes.
… ENCODE ChIP-seq pipeline using endogenously tagged human DNA-associated proteins UM1 HG009411 Charles Lee The Jackson … UM1 HG009393 Len Pennacchio Axel Visel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory In Vivo Characterization of Major … DNA elements in the Human Genome Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , April 21, 2014  Nature …