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15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Advances in genomics are helping you access information about your genome from your home.
… in genomics are helping you access information about your genome from your home. … Did you know that anyone can buy a … in their DNA and provide them with information about their genome? Advances in genomics since the Human Genome Project have led to an explosion in at-home, or …
Genomics 101
Find out how the rapidly emerging field of genomics is transforming our understanding of human health and enabling advances that benefit all of humankind.
… Your genome contains many important clues about you—from your … timely information about genomics research and the human genome. Our resources and partnerships help spark scientific …
Educational Resources
Epigenetics is an emerging field of science that studies heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism.
… to the next. The collection of all epigenetic changes in a genome is called an epigenome. … Epigenetics is an emerging …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… genomics: the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. To amplify that drumbeat, the … performed nearly 6,000 experiments – 4,834 for the human genome and 1,158 for the mouse genome – ENCODE was able to … filled in over time. Recent developments in nanopore DNA sequencing and data analysis have now enabled researchers to …
Educational Resources
A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) is an engineered DNA molecule used to clone DNA sequences in bacterial cells (for example, E. coli).
… E. coli). … Cloning, Bacteria, Bioengineering, DNA Sequencing, Base Pair, Chromosomes … A bacterial artificial … E. coli). BACs are often used in connection with DNA sequencing. Segments of an organism's DNA, ranging from … the BAC DNA, which can then be isolated and used in sequencing DNA. … A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) is …
Fact Sheet
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers used state-of-the-art genomic sequencers to quickly sequence the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
… research on coronaviruses. Understanding the viral genome also allows researchers to update the vaccine if they …
Educational Resources
Genomics refers to the study of the entire genome of an organism whereas genetics refers to the study of a particular gene.
… Genomics … Genomics refers to the study of the entire genome of an organism whereas genetics refers to the study of … particular gene. … Genomics, Genes, Gene Expression, Human Genome Project … Genomics is a field of biology focused on studying all the DNA of an organism — that is, its genome. Such work includes identifying and characterizing all …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
​Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same.
… the same. … Did you know that at the base-pair level your genome is 99.9 percent the same as all of the humans around … and what your risk might be for various diseases. But your genome doesn't entirely define you. Well before the … sequence generated by the Human Genome Project [see DNA Sequencing ], it became easier to determine differences among …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2025 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green announces the appointment of Erin Ramos as the new director of the Division of Genome Sciences (DGSci).
… entries, including genetic architecture , long-read DNA sequencing , and pangenome . In addition to definitions, this … a PRS, researchers identify many locations across the genome that have been shown to be associated with a … found that accuracy was related to the regions of the genome involved in that PRS. Certain genomic regions led to …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details how social media provides NHGRI staff with a space to talk about their work, make genomics topics easy to understand, and show how genomics can positively affect people.
… the NIH and FDA Joint Leadership Council Next-Generation Sequencing and Radiomics Working Group has issued a Request … as genomic medicine, polygenic risk scores, bioethics, genome sequencing, diversity of the genomics workforce, and … topics that are detailed in available factsheets on genome.gov, including gifs and imagery to make the topics fun …