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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.
… DNA,” please visit our Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms .   Dr. Stavnezer recently commented to us … This targeted approach would seek to improve the existing genetic linkage by focusing on sequencing what one critic of … improved our understanding of our genomes and genetic diseases in all of its complexity.  … The Human …
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A candid and kind genomics pioneer leaves a deep impact on NHGRI and the genomics community.
… she raised important issues concerning the quality of genetic variation information contained within databases at … the causal mutations underlying hundreds of rare genetic diseases, and Debbie's group at the University of …
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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.