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About Genomics
The Human Genome Project was an inward voyage of discovery led by an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all the genes of our species.
… The Human Genome Project (HGP) is one of the greatest scientific … Project’s signature accomplishment – generating the first sequence of the human genome – provided fundamental …
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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.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have sequenced the whole genome … to the area. (A genome is an organism's complete DNA sequence.) The findings, by scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, and …
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With the publication of 16 high-quality reference genomes from across vertebrates, the Vertebrate Genome Project establishes standards for biodiversity genomics and reports discoveries in comparative biology, conservation, and health research
… can help researchers learn more about biodiversity, human health and disease. … The Vertebrate Genomes Project , part of the Genome 10K  Community of Scientists, today … and the platypus. With the publication of 16 high quality reference genomes from across vertebrates, the project …
Outreach
The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the initial sequencing of the human genome.
… Unlocking Life's Code to celebrate the 10th anniversary of researchers producing the first complete human genome sequence - the genetic blueprint of the human body - in April …
About Genomics
February 15, 2021 marks the 20-year anniversary of publications reporting the draft human genome sequence.
… papers that revealed the first detailed look at the human genome's nearly complete sequence. A part of the Human Genome Project, these studies launched a new era …
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NHGRI convened geneticists, biologists, clinicians, bioinformatics specialists and more to provide expert advice on the future of its Genome Sequencing Program.
… and others to provide expert advice on the future of its flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP). … The … efforts to find causes of rare diseases and move genome sequence information into the clinic. In addition to the … participants in acknowledging the need for an improved reference genome. Comparative genomics continues to be a …
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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.
… New sequence reveals genomic factors in fertility, including … team has generated the first truly complete sequence of a human Y chromosome , the final human chromosome to be … in May of 2023 by the NHGRI-funded Human Pangenome Reference Consortium. Through these achievements, scientists …
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Researchers, clinicians, and computational biologists meet to consider future opportunities for NHGRI's Genome Sequencing Program.
… size, scope and future opportunities for the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) flagship Genome … , starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on July 28. With the help of the genomics research community, NHGRI has regularly … computational tools for genome analysis, ranging from DNA sequence processing to variant prediction and annotation. The …
Research Funding
Funded in 2016 to harmonize, access, and analyze the data produced by the sequencing centers.
… The Genome Sequencing Program Analysis Centers (GSPACs) were … currently funded centers are: Harvard University School of Public Health Vanderbilt University School of Medicine A … centers. ​ … Dna Sequencing, Genome Sequencing, Dna Sequence Analysis Tools, Bioinformatics, Clinical …
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The Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium has offered an ethical framework to guide pediatricians in pursuing clinical sequencing studies.
… Bruce Agnew … More than many other diagnostic technologies, genome sequencing carries the possibility of incidental or "secondary" findings that can reveal … genomics into clinical medicine, is funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National …