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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) … Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing). … DNA sequencing establishes the order of …
News Release
NIH lost a key member of its broader genomics team when Robert Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the NISC sequencing group at NIH, retired on Dec. 31, 2015.
… 31 retirement of Robert Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the sequencing group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center … 57 million DNA sequence reads for 76 researchers using the Sanger dideoxy sequencing method. That figure has spiked in the last six years with the …
News Release
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, … methods are as accurate - and perhaps more accurate - than Sanger sequencing, a time-tested technique that is typically … of the journal Clinical Chemistry . The Sanger sequencing method burst onto the genetics scene in the late 1970s and …
Health
The Method for Introducing a New Competency: Genomics (MINC) Toolkit assists those interested in integrating genomics into their practice.
… to lead the program and describes key successes. … The Method for Introducing a New Competency: Genomics (MINC) … to apply new scientific discoveries in patient care. … Method for Introducing a New Competency: Genomics (MINC) … Method for Introducing a New Competency: Genomics (MINC) … …
Research Funding
Polygenic RIsk MEthods in Diverse populations (PRIMED) Consortium will work together to develop and implement approaches to integrating extant genotype and phenotype data for the purpose of conducting and disseminating Consortium-wide PRS analyses.
Educational Resources
Shotgun sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the DNA sequence of an organism's genome.
… Shotgun Sequencing … Shotgun sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the DNA … determining the DNA sequence of an organism’s genome. The method involves randomly breaking up the genome into small …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Advances in genomics are reducing the cost of genome sequencing by a million-fold.
… Advances in genomics are reducing the cost of genome sequencing by a million-fold. … Did you know that your genome … DNA, including a million-fold reduction in the cost for sequencing a human genome. Continually improving the accuracy … sequences. As a result, we now have multiple methods for sequencing DNA quickly and inexpensively (see videos in …
Educational Resources
DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique used to determine the exact sequence of bases (A, C, G, and T) in a DNA molecule.
… DNA Sequencing … DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique used to determine the … … Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine, ACGT, DNA, DNA Sequencing … DNA sequencing refers to the general laboratory …
Media Availability
Researchers have created a promising new method to accurately and more comprehensively analyze and interpret DNA sequence information from cancer patients.
… Availability Researchers have created a promising new method to accurately and, in some cases, more comprehensively … Nature Medicine . Their work is supported by the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research program at the National Human … tumor sample storage methods produced comparable DNA sequencing information - an important step that may enable …
Fact Sheets
Estimated cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… have led to substantial reductions in the cost of genome sequencing. The underlying costs associated with different methods and strategies for sequencing genomes are of great interest because they … scrutiny and attention have been given to genome-sequencing costs and how they are calculated since the …