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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 …
Research Funding
Effort to accelerate understanding of the molecular basis of cancer using genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing.
… community to use. … NIH completes in-depth genomic analysis of 33 cancer types (2018) The Cancer Genome Atlas … The Cancer Genome Atlas completes detailed ovarian cancer analysis (2011) Researchers discover key mutation in acute … of human malignancies. Toward a Comprehensive Genomic Analysis of Cancer The report from a workshop co-organized by …
News Release
NHGRI will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases.
… of Health will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding … as cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy. "Advances in DNA sequencing are creating tremendous new opportunities for … the genes and genomic variants - spelling differences in DNA - that cause or contribute to disease, which may …
Educational Resources
A codon is a trinucleotide sequence of DNA or RNA that corresponds to a specific amino acid.
… Codon … A codon is a trinucleotide sequence of DNA or RNA that corresponds to a specific amino acid. … Codon, DNA, Nucleotide, Genetic Code, ACGT, Gene, Base Pair … A codon is a DNA or RNA sequence of three nucleotides (a trinucleotide) …
Staff
Cristina Kapustij was the chief of the Policy and Program Analysis Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute until June 2024.
… Cristina Kapustij, M.S., is chief of the Policy and Program Analysis Branch at the National Human Genome Research … research grant titled, "Sequencing of Newborn Blood Spot DNA to Improve and Expand Newborn Screening." She directed … and researched the societal implications of the DNA sequencing of newborn blood spots. Ms. Kapustij has also …
Educational Resources
A tandem repeat is a sequence of two or more DNA base pairs that is repeated in such a way that the repeats lie adjacent to each other on the chromosome.
… Repeat … A tandem repeat is a sequence of two or more DNA base pairs that is repeated in such a way that the … … Base Pair, Chromosome, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), DNA Fingerprinting, Non-Coding DNA … A tandem repeat is a …
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Epigenetics is an emerging field of science that studies heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism.
… deactivation of genes without any change in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism. … Heritability, DNA, DNA Sequence, DNA Methylation … Epigenetics (also sometimes …
News Release
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project has created a detailed resource on the letters of life, DNA, identifying genes and regions that may regulate genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… regulation of our genes and genome … The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project is a worldwide effort to … phase, the ENCODE Project has added millions of candidate DNA “switches” from the human and mouse genomes that appear … on, and a new registry that assigns a portion of these DNA switches to useful biological categories. The project …
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Southern blotting is a laboratory technique used to detect a specific DNA sequence in a blood or tissue sample.
… is a laboratory technique used to detect a specific DNA sequence in a blood or tissue sample. … Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Electrophoresis, Northern Blot, Probe, Restriction Enzyme, Western Blot … Southern blot analysis is a laboratory method used to study DNA. …
NEWS RELEASE
Final outcomes from the most comprehensive analysis to-date of humans and their microbiomes definitively link microbes and microbial activities with health problems.
… Ph.D. … Final outcomes from the most comprehensive analysis to-date of humans and their microbiomes definitively … collected from 300 healthy adult men and women. They used DNA sequencing technologies adapted from those first … and disease … Final outcomes from the most comprehensive analysis to-date of humans and their microbiomes definitively …