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Researchers recommend genomic approaches to discovering inherited variants in one or a handful of genes that affect an individual's rare disease risk.
… Steven Benowitz … While the latest genome sequencing technologies can generate detailed catalogs of genomic variants, researchers face an ongoing challenge of … estimate that each person's genome contains between three and four million genomic variants, which are specific changes …
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Six new grants will support researchers for new computational approaches to search millions of genomic variants for disease susceptibility.
… approaches for searching among millions of genomic variants to find those that make a difference in disease … or in other traits. The awards are for three years each and total approximately $13 million, pending the availability … of funds. They are administered by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Cancer …
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A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
… Disease Genomics (CCDG) are a collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to comprehensively identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes. …
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The N​on-Coding Variants Program explores which variants in a region associated with a disease or trait cause the higher risk for the disease or trait
… of many people are sequenced, millions of sites in the genome differ among those people. Some of these genetic variants are common, such as the variants for blood types (A, … How can we figure out which variants affect the function and regulation of genes? A start to interpreting variation is …
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The centers define the state-of-the-art study designs and methods to find variants and genes underlying Mendelian disorders.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute funded the Centers for Mendelian … the CMGs will define the state-of-the-art study designs and methods to find the variants and genes underlying Mendelian disorders. … The …
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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.
… … The National Institutes of Health will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on … and CMG programs aim to discover the genes and genomic variants - spelling differences in DNA - that cause or …
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NIH programs are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling use in medicine and research.
… National Institutes of Health are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling their use in genomic medicine and research. NIH's Clinical Genome Resource ( ClinGen ) and ClinVar programs address a …
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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 … helped define NHGRI's niche: developing general paradigms and approaches, and creating data resources and tools. The … to use genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease across its full …
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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 … provide sequencing of the protein-coding portion of the genome, or exome. The clinical sequencing results will meet … for patients by analyzing DNA sequence, which can reveal variants in patients' genome that may be the cause of a …
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NIH will renew three awards totaling $73.2 million over five years to continue building the Clinical Genome (ClinGen) resource, an effort to collect and archive information about clinically relevant genes and genomic variants for use in precision medicine.
… million over five years to continue building the Clinical Genome (ClinGen) resource, an effort to collect and archive information about clinically relevant genes and genomic variants for use in precision medicine. The National Human …