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The Human Genome Project is simply a bad idea

The Human Genome Project changed traditional understandings of how and why scientific research is conducted. It was, however, not without its detractors. Early in 1990, there was an effort to stop funding for the nascent Human Genome Project, in the form of a letter writing campaign.

… approaches exist more harmoniously as both genomics and genetics continues to become more integrated in everyday …

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Strategic Planning Workshop: Genomics in Medicine & Health

NHGRI will hold a workshop in September 2019 focused on Genomics in Medicine and Health.

… 1: Create systems to integrate genomics into everyday clinical and public health practice 11:15 - 11:20 a.m. - … - Lunch Theme 2: Improve processes for routine, high-value clinical genomic testing 1:20 - 1:25 p.m. - Introduction to … Train healthcare providers to integrate genomics into the clinical workflow 9:00 - 9:05 a.m. - Introduction to Theme 6 …

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From Genome to Phenotype: Genomic Variation Identification, Association, and Function in Human Health and Disease

NHGRI workshop seeking scientific perspectives for relating genomic variation to human phenotype.

… 2: Addressing Basic Research Questions that Anticipate Clinical Needs Panel: Howard Chang Stephen Chanock Howard …

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Gene Sweepstakes (GeneSweep)

The Gene Sweepstakes — or GeneSweep as it became popularly known — was a three-year-long, sweepstakes-style contest organized by British bioinformatician Ewan Birney, Ph.D., of the European Bioinformatics Institute. Scientists participated in the contest by betting on the total number of protein-coding genes that would be identified in the human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project.

… papers about their predictions in the same issue of Nature Genetics. The striking difference in their predictions …