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Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome sequence.
… published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome … will empower genetic studies of human disease. The full sequencing builds upon the work of the Human Genome Project , …
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NHGRI researchers have identified a genomic signature for some aggressive prostate tumors, which may help healthcare providers pinpoint treatment options.
… aggressive tumors. … Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and their collaborators … proteins that fix damage to DNA. The research team used whole genome sequencing, a process that reveals the complete DNA make-up …
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Ten investigators will receive exome sequencing data as part of their clinical research projects at the NIH Clinical Center.
… Kaegi … Ten intramural investigators will receive exome sequencing data as part of their clinical research projects … research. CCGO is co-sponsored by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the NIH Deputy Director … patients. Exome sequencing explores the 1-2 percent of the genome that codes for proteins, the most likely place to find …
Research Funding
A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
… Disease Genomics (CCDG) are a collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to comprehensively identify rare risk and … that the CCDG program will sequence approximately 100K whole genomes and 125K whole exomes during the life of the …
Clinical Research
This team-based clinical service os provided by NHGRI to Intramural Investigators employing exome/genome sequencing.
… by NHGRI to Intramural Investigators employing exome/genome sequencing to accomplish their research goals. The SGFS will annotate de-identified research exome/genome data for the presence of possible actionable secondary …
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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.
… … A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results. The research suggests that newer, faster, … The current standard "best practice" in some clinical genome sequencing laboratories requires positive NGS findings …
Outreach
The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the initial sequencing of the human genome.
… D.C. opened the high-tech, high-intensity exhibition Genome: Unlocking Life's Code to celebrate the 10th … of researchers producing the first complete human genome sequence - the genetic blueprint of the human body - … exhibition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the initial sequencing of the human genome. ​ … Human Genome Sequencing, …
Research Funding
NSIGHT explores the implications, challenges and opportunities with the use of genomic sequence information in the newborn period.
… and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Funds are used to … (ELSI) of the possible implementation of genomic sequencing of newborns.  Each research project collects a … Title Robert Green Alan Beggs Brigham and Women's Hospital Genome Sequence-Based Screening for Childhood Risk and …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 6, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., celebrates the 25th anniversary of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC). a well-respected and highly used large-scale DNA sequencing center that exemplifies the evolution of the field of genomics and the ever-increasing abilities to produce prodigious amounts of genomic data.
… setting.   …  As the sun came up on 1997, the Human Genome Project (then in its seventh of 13 years) was adding … sequence to public databases weekly, as large-scale DNA sequencing had advanced substantially. At that time, it … repertoire, with a partial list of methods including whole-exome sequencing , whole-genome sequencing , RNA …
Research at NHGRI
The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center is a multi-disciplinary genomics facility that emphasizes the generation and analysis of DNA sequence.
… The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) , established in 1997, is a … procedures. NISC's role within the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), and more broadly across … best. The most common types of sequencing projects include whole exome sequencing, RNA sequencing, custom capture …