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15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life.
… blueprints for life. … Did you know that just knowing the genome sequence of an organism only reveals part of the story … important to determine how that organism interprets its genome and uses that information to build and operate itself accordingly? Less than 2 percent of the human genome corresponds to "genes," but we know other parts are …
Educational Resources
An anticodon is a trinucleotide sequence complementary to that of a corresponding codon in a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence.
News Release
NIH will support research that incorporates DNA sequence information into electronic medical records.
… into EMRs The grants, administered by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), represent the third phase … variants with clinical implications by using the latest sequencing technologies to examine rare and common variants … in patient electronic health records, and along with genome-wide testing, explore the roles of variants in a …
Staff
Dr. Mullikin was the former director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… skills to the genomics field in 1997, just as the Human Genome Project was scaling up. He has been involved in many … HapMap Project. Dr. Mullikin also developed a whole-genome assembly program, called Phusion. Dr. Mullikin … to analyze large data sets generated by systematic DNA sequencing projects. A highly skilled computational …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 1, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green reflects on the last 30 years since the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… Green, M.D., Ph.D. … Thirty years ago, today, the Human Genome Project (HGP) officially launched. I was there on the … nascent mapping methods to tackle something as large as a whole human chromosome. By the way, we were not yet worrying … These would be steppingstones to the signature goal of sequencing the entire human genome. Previous work had started …
Research Funding
Effort to accelerate understanding of the molecular basis of cancer using genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing.
… The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) was a joint effort of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which are both part of the … genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing. … The Cancer Genome Atlas … The Cancer Genome …
Fact Sheets
Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment.
… Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each … word.  … An organism's complete set of DNA is called its genome. Virtually every single cell in the body contains a … usual processes and lead to a disease such as cancer.  … Sequencing simply means determining the exact order of the …
News Release
Small businesses with NHGRI grants were instrumental in contributing to the completion of the human genome sequence, redefining the future of genomics.
… in contributing to the completion of the human genome sequence, redefining the future of genomics. … When … grants provided by institutes such as the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), among others. Small … development ecosystem. Until recently, almost all genome sequencing methods required researchers to extract DNA from a …
News Release
On June 26, 2000, nearly 10 years into the 13-year project, President Bill Clinton announced an important milestone for the Human Genome Project at a major White House ceremony.
… Clinton june 26, 2000 … The signature goal of the Human Genome Project (HGP) was to generate a sequence of the three … the completion of a working draft sequence of the human genome.   Standing beside President Clinton was Francis … Richard Wilson, Ph.D., who was co-director of the Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University School of Medicine …
Clinical Research
The CLINSEQ® Study seeks to learn about the role that your genes play in your health.
… your health. We do this by getting a DNA sample from you, sequencing most or all of your genes, and comparing that to … on its head. Trans-NIH Study Explores Medical Role for Genome Sequencing 2007: Patients with Cardiovascular Disease … 6503 participants: challenges of variant classification. Genome Res , 2015. [In Press]  Lewis KL, Han PK, Hooker GW, …