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News Release
Researchers funded by NHGRI’s Genome Technology Program include a wide range of investigators with a variety of scientific expertise.
… Researchers funded by NHGRI’s Genome Technology Program include a wide range of investigators with … a variety of scientific expertise. … The advent of new DNA sequencing techniques has been a gamechanger in genomics. …
Genomics Teaching Tool
An activity that demonstrates how DNA can be isolated from a strawberry using common household items.
… plants, animals and bacteria. Deoxyribonucleic acid , or DNA, is the molecule that controls everything that happens in the cell. DNA contains instructions that direct the activities of cells … body. With only a few household items, you can extract DNA from strawberries just about anywhere! Extracting DNA …
News Release
NHGRI convened geneticists, biologists, clinicians, bioinformatics specialists and more to provide expert advice on the future of its Genome Sequencing Program.
… provide expert advice on the future of its flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP). … The two-day meeting, titled, … Green, M.D., Ph.D. This means supporting research into new DNA sequencing methods and data analysis techniques and … care) and what to do with incidental findings (unintended DNA sequencing results that might raise the risk of other …
Educational Resources
A promoter is a sequence of DNA needed to turn a gene on or off.
… Promoter … A promoter is a sequence of DNA needed to turn a gene on or off. … Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Enzyme, Gene, Gene Expression, Gene Regulation, … … A promoter, as related to genomics, is a region of DNA upstream of a gene where relevant proteins (such as RNA …
Educational Resources
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a laboratory technique used to amplify DNA sequences.
… reaction (PCR) is a laboratory technique used to amplify DNA sequences. … Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), DNA Replication, Enzyme, Genome, Primer … Polymerase chain …
Research Funding
The Genome Sequencing Program uses genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease.
… The Genome Sequencing Program is consists of the following centers … in the scientific questions that could be addressed as the technology (cost, quality) changed over time. The GSP aims to … information on sequencing costs can be found here: DNA Sequencing Costs: Data View a chart of the External …
Policy Issues
Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the DNA of many organisms, including plants, bacteria, and animals.
… Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the DNA of many organisms, including plants, bacteria, and animals. Editing DNA can lead to changes in physical traits, like eye color, … to treat Layla, and instead used another genome editing technology called TALENs. Doctors tried many treatments …
News Release
On its 15th anniversary, National DNA Day and NHGRI shared its genomics expertise to explain the importance of genomics in our everyday lives.
… Faherty, Ph.D. … NHGRI has celebrated previous National DNA Days - an annual commemoration of the completion of the Human Genome Project and the discovery of DNA's double helix structure - in big ways. … On the 15th … of genomics in our everyday lives through a National DNA Day Reddit Science "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) Series. NHGRI …
Research Funding
The $1,000 Genome Program was a coordinated effort to support the development of technologies to dramatically reduce the cost of DNA sequencing, a move aimed at broadening the applications of genomic information in medical research and health care.
… of technologies to dramatically reduce the cost of DNA sequencing, a move aimed at broadening the applications of … which culminated in 2014, are described in Nature : “Technology: The $1,000 Genome.” The history and achievements …
Educational Resources
Polymorphism involves one of two or more variants of a particular DNA sequence.
… involves one of two or more variants of a particular DNA sequence. … Base Pair, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Genotype, Mutation, Phenotype … Polymorphism, as … to the presence of two or more variant forms of a specific DNA sequence that can occur among different individuals or …