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NHGRI-funded CSER investigators and colleagues point to need for greater evidence that DNA sequencing helps patients.
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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.
Research Funding
The Genome Sequencing Program uses genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease.
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A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results.
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Ten investigators will receive exome sequencing data as part of their clinical research projects at the NIH Clinical Center.
Talking Glossary
Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the exact sequence of nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule.
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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.
Talking Glossary
The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is not the DNA sequence of a single person.
… is used by researchers as a standard for comparison to DNA sequences generated in their studies. The scientists … responsible for assembling and updating such reference sequences aim to provide the highest-quality, best possible …
Research at NHGRI
The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center is a multi-disciplinary genomics facility that emphasizes the generation and analysis of DNA sequence.
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NIH lost a key member of its broader genomics team when Robert Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the NISC sequencing group at NIH, retired on Dec. 31, 2015.