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Researchers funded by NIH have completed a detailed atlas documenting stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression.
… Faherty … Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have completed a detailed atlas documenting the stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression - a key way in which a … Institute (NHGRI), who oversaw various parts of the project. Sections of the genome, known as expression …
Fact Sheets
Estimated cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… Advances in the field of genomics over the past quarter-century have led to … per genome data - 2022 … A genome consists of all of the DNA contained in a cell's nucleus. DNA is composed of four … sequencing methods during the time of the Human Genome Project and circa ~ 2016. An alternative to whole-genome …
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NHGRI commemorates the life and legacy of genomics champion Representative Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.), who passed away in March 2018, by naming an annual National DNA Day lecture at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in her honor.
… her work on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) helped to create protections against genetic … in the House of Representatives that created National DNA Day, which celebrates the completion of the Human Genome Project and the anniversary of the discovery of DNA's iconic …
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NIH will fund researchers to develop computational approaches to figure out which differences in DNA make people more susceptible to disease.
… Faherty, Ph.D. … New grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund researchers to develop … approaches to figure out which differences in DNA make people more susceptible to disease. The awards, … - called genetic variants - in the less-studied regions of the genome that are responsible for regulating gene …
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NIH investigators have discovered that genomic switches of a blood cell are key to regulating the human immune system.
… Mjoseth … Investigators with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered the genomic switches of a … but most of the alterations are found in regions of the DNA that do not carry genes. Scientists have suspected that the variants are in DNA elements called enhancers, which act like switches to control …
Media Advisory
With the publication of 16 high-quality reference genomes from across vertebrates, the Vertebrate Genome Project establishes standards for biodiversity genomics and reports discoveries in comparative biology, conservation, and health research
… human health and disease. … The Vertebrate Genomes Project , part of the Genome 10K  Community of Scientists, today announced their flagship study and …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, recaps the April 2023 virtual reunion of the leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers (G5), where they tell the untold story on how they ushered the Human Genome Project across the finish line in 2003.
… NHGRI will reach another of its many celebrated ‘odometer moments’ this month! The … 20 th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP) – a major milestone in the history of science. … also featured external collaborators, including the DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the …
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.
… president Bill Clinton june 26, 2000 … The signature goal of the Human Genome Project (HGP) was to generate a sequence of the three billion letters (A, C, G and T) in the human DNA instruction book. The multidisciplinary, international …
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Three practical strategies for reducing the risk of re-identification, the process by which anonymized personal genomic data are matched with the owner.
… Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. … Data sharing is key to the success of medical research, and participants in medical research are often those most eager to see their donation of data put to use. … However, getting the right balance … matched with the true owner. The paper is the result of a project called The Beacon Project, initiated by the Global …
News Release
Scientists from the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has created the world's largest catalog of genomic differences among humans.
… Steven Benowitz … An international team of scientists from the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has created the world's largest catalog of … for a new understanding of how inherited differences in DNA can contribute to disease risk and drug response. Of the …