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NIH researchers searched for how the body signals the lack of oxygen in melanoma skin cancer.
… treatments for melanoma, and potentially other cancers," said Stacie Loftus, Ph.D., lead author and staff … in the Genetic Disease Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute, a part of NIH. "In addition, …
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NHGRI published its “Strategic vision for improving human health at The Forefront of Genomics” in the journal Nature. This vision describes the most compelling research priorities and opportunities in human genomics for the coming decade, signaling a new era in genomics for the Institute and the field.
… … NHGRI's 2020 Strategic Vision describes opportunities in human genomics for improving human health. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National …
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Three research teams funded by NIH gather data at the most basic molecular levels about the biological processes that make up the human microbiome.
… tens of thousands of microbial species that live in or on human beings - the human microbiome - they would find therapies for a host of … with our bodies. … Now, in the second phase of the Human Microbiome Project, three research teams funded by the …
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NHGRI researchers have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results show that generating a precise, base-by-base sequence of a human chromosome is now possible, and will enable researchers to produce a complete sequence of the human genome.
… era in genomics research. … Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results, published today in the journal … show that generating a precise, base-by-base sequence of a human chromosome is now possible, and will enable researchers …
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NIH researchers have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy.
… gene therapy for humans. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, … models that is critical to understand before we move to human patient trials." Now, in a long-term follow-up of the … is not found in the human genome, which suggests that the cancers we observed after AAV gene therapy may have been a …
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Researchers have created a promising new method to accurately and more comprehensively analyze and interpret DNA sequence information from cancer patients.
… Sequencing Exploratory Research program at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), and the National … and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting …
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The NIH-funded Integrative Human Microbiome Project presented at the International Human Microbiome Congress.
… the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Integrative Human Microbiome Project (iHMP), which is coordinated by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), will present findings at the 5th International Human Microbiome Congress. … Representatives from the …
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TCGA researchers have found that chromophobe renal cell carcinoma stems partly from gene alterations in the mitochondria, the cell's energy supplier.
… and shares few genomic characteristics with other kidney cancers. In the study - the most extensive genomic view of … by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both parts of the … and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting …
About Genomics
In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished two years ahead of schedule and at a cost less than the original estimated budget.
… In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished and made available to … scientists and researchers two years ahead of the original Human Genome Project schedule and at a cost less than the … effort to sequence the 3 billion DNA letters in the human genome is considered by many to be one of the most …
Human Genome Project
Video testimonials from prominent members of the genomics community commemorating and celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… Human Genome Project 30th Anniversary Video Selfie … 1, 2020, marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project. Prominent members of the genomics … and celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project. … Human Genome Project …