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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 …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
​Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same.
… entirely define you. Well before the completion of the Human Genome Project, researchers began developing tools to … people. When scientists agreed to use the one "reference" human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project [see DNA Sequencing ], it became easier …
Media Advisory
On August 16-18, 2017, NIH hosted a workshop, "The Human Microbiome: Emerging Themes at the Horizon of the 21st Century."
… Advisory Microbes inhabit just about every part of the human body, outnumbering human cells by ten to one. The ten-year, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund Human Microbiome Project was established to understand how …
News Release
NIH researchers have sequenced the whole genome of a dog native to Sardinia, Italy, and discovered in it clues about the migration of humans to the area.
… DNA sequence.) The findings, by scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, and … recent studies that also traced the genetic origins of human Sardinians to the Middle East and Hungary. Sardinian … Researchers have long recognized the benefit that isolated human groups can provide to genetic research. National …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… and values of NHGRI. … Completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the ability to read nature's complete genetic blueprint for a human. This interactive timeline lists key moments from the …  1984-86 Early meetings assess the feasibility of a Human Genome Project. More + 1984-86 In December 1984, the …
News Release
Scientists from the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has created the world's largest catalog of genomic differences among humans.
… in addition to new methods of prevention. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … investigators identified about 88 million sites in the human genome that vary among people, establishing a database … more than doubles the number of known variant sites in the human genome, and can now be used in a wide range of studies …
News Release
NHGRI celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Human Genome Project with a "15 for 15" Celebration that commemorates the genomic advances since 2003.
… Palmer … On April 25th - National DNA Day - the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project. To commemorate this milestone and the … the genomic developments made since the end of the Human Genome Project and the importance of genomics in …
Research Funding
The Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) maintains and updates the human genome reference and provides it to the scientific community.
… Since the origin of the human reference in the completion of the International Human Genome Project, there has been a need to maintain and improve the human reference and to make it available to the community. …
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NHGRI researchers and their international collaborators have added Williams-Beuren syndrome to the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute and their international … have added Williams-Beuren syndrome to the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations. … By … Content … Williams-Beuren syndrome added to Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Population … NHGRI …