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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.
… is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results. The research suggests that newer, faster, "next-generation" DNA sequencing (NGS) methods are as accurate - and perhaps more accurate - than Sanger sequencing, a …
Research Funding
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) aims to identify all functional elements in the human and mouse genomes.
… Awards Bradley Bernstein Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT A Catalog of Cell Types and Genomic Elements in … ENCODE ChIP-seq pipeline using endogenously tagged human DNA-associated proteins UM1 HG009411 Charles Lee The Jackson … Encoding genomic architecture in the encyclopedia: linking DNA elements, chromatin state, and gene expression in 3D U01 …
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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.
… Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. … "Can you believe they make DNA sequencers the size of staplers?" asked Meni Wanunu, … is surely not alone in his astonishment. The field of DNA sequencing is full of ideas that are just crazy enough to … to figure out the correct order of a DNA sequence, and a cell phone-size device that harnesses electric current …
Talking Glossary
Cell-free DNA testing is a laboratory method that involves analyzing free (i.e., non-cellular) DNA contained within a biological sample, most often to look for genomic variants associated with a hereditary or genetic disorder.
… Cell-Free DNA Testing … Cell-free DNA testing is a laboratory method that involves analyzing … Cell-free DNA testing is also used for the detection and characterization of some cancers and to monitor cancer …
Talking Glossary
Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of technologies for sequencing DNA that became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing).
… Next-Generation DNA Sequencing … Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of … the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing). Faster and cheaper than their predecessors, NGS technologies can …
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DNA Day Reddit “Ask Me Anything” prompts rousing discussion.
… Brandon Levy … DNA Day Reddit “Ask Me Anything” prompts rousing discussion. … May 6, 2019. Each year on April 25 , we celebrate National DNA Day, which commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. On this day …
Talking Glossary
Genetics is the branch of biology concerned with the study of inheritance, including the interplay of genes, DNA variation and their interactions with environmental factors.
… study of inheritance, including the interplay of genes, DNA variation and their interactions with environmental factors. … Genetics … study of inheritance, including the interplay of genes, DNA variation and their interactions with environmental …
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Baylor College of Medicine. Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
… announced today that Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). … of funds. … The two universities will become the DNA Sequencing Core sites for the UDN. The UDN also includes …
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Micro-sized technologies are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology.
… … A number of micro-sized technologies - such as nanopores and microfluidics - are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology through new grants from the … available, are the last to be awarded by the Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology program of the National Human …
Clinical Research
GENE-FORECAST® is developing a community cohort and resource for defining the significance of ancestry-related genomic variation in African-Americans.
… The Genomics, Environmental Factors and the Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease in … the associations between common or ancestry-related DNA variants and CVD risk factors (e.g. hypertension) and … that these efforts will yield novel ancestry-related DNA variants associated with the CVD. Accordingly, our …