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Fact Sheets
Estimated cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… Advances in the field of genomics over the past quarter-century have led to substantial reductions in the cost of genome sequencing. The underlying costs associated with …
Fact Sheets
Data used to estimate the cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… For many years, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has tracked the costs … and for establishing the DNA sequencing capacity of the NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program. Here, NHGRI provides … and data-production pipelines in recent years. … The cost-accounting data presented here are summarized relative …
About Genomics
In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished two years ahead of schedule and at a cost less than the original estimated budget.
… In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished and made available to scientists and researchers two years ahead of the original Human Genome Project schedule and at a cost less than the original estimated budget. … This …
News Release
The goat has contributed its DNA to a new method for high-quality, low-cost genome reconstruction, one that will be useful for reading human and other genomes.
… a study that presents a new method for high-quality, low-cost genome reconstruction. In addition to the goat genome, this … will be useful for accurately reading the genomes of individual humans and other animals, plants and insects. … …
News Release
Micro-sized technologies are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology.
… Steven Benowitz … A number of micro-sized technologies - such as nanopores and … researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology through new grants from the … DNA Sequencing Technology program of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), a part of NIH. The new …
News Release
Evaluating genetic features of inherited diseases by sequencing the genetic code helps with the cost and time challenges in medical practice.
… television's Dr. Gregory House is the embodiment of how medicine is currently practiced. After visiting with … Leslie Biesecker, M.D., chief of the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Medical Genomics and … code is a powerful solution to confront the challenges of cost and time in today's practice. It can reduce the need to …
News Release
NHGRI convened geneticists, biologists, clinicians, bioinformatics specialists and more to provide expert advice on the future of its Genome Sequencing Program.
… Steven Benowitz … On July 28-29, 2014, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) convened geneticists, … and others to provide expert advice on the future of its flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP). … The … to expand its presence and explore its usefulness and cost effectiveness. Participants and speakers echoed this …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recalls the White House event announcing the draft human genome sequence.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … As is likely the case for many of your organizations, NHGRI and NIH are starting to bring … announce the completion of a draft sequence of the human genome. The ceremony took place in the East Room of the White … had also accomplished a series of other goals, including sequencing the genomes of a set of model organisms. In fact, …
News Release
Researchers, clinicians, and computational biologists meet to consider future opportunities for NHGRI's Genome Sequencing Program.
… Steven Benowitz … Genome researchers, clinicians, computational biologists and … Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP) at a July 28 - 29 meeting in … , starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on July 28. With the help of the genomics research community, NHGRI has regularly …
Research Funding
Funded in 2016 to harmonize, access, and analyze the data produced by the sequencing centers.
… The Genome Sequencing Program Analysis Centers (GSPACs) were funded in … currently funded centers are: Harvard University School of Public Health Vanderbilt University School of Medicine A cross-institutional center at  Icahn School of …