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Forging a genomics research path across Africa

NIH-backed African scientists are engaged in a global research endeavor to understand the genetic basis of disease in all populations.

… research endeavor to understand the genetic basis of disease in all populations. But this can only be done by … are missed to advance not only the understanding of disease within those populations, but also for humans across … research on the genetic and environmental factors of disease. Five years after the program's first grants were …

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2nd Annual Children's National-NIAID Symposium

This symposium highlights other collaborative efforts between NIH and Children's National, and address genomics and care of children with immunologic diseases.

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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.

… specific portions of the genome related to human disease, would make a much more sensible beginning.” A …

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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.