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NIH researchers have sequenced the whole genome of a dog native to Sardinia, Italy, and discovered in it clues about the migration of humans to the area.
… National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have sequenced the whole genome … to the area. (A genome is an organism's complete DNA sequence.) The findings, by scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, and … breed enthusiasts in Sardinia to ask NHGRI researchers to sequence the dog's genome. They want to preserve the breed as …
Media Advisory
With the publication of 16 high-quality reference genomes from across vertebrates, the Vertebrate Genome Project establishes standards for biodiversity genomics and reports discoveries in comparative biology, conservation, and health research
… These genome assemblies can help researchers learn more about biodiversity, human health and disease. … The Vertebrate Genomes Project , part of the Genome 10K Community of Scientists, today … and the platypus. With the publication of 16 high quality reference genomes from across vertebrates, the project …
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The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has generated the first truly complete sequence of a human Y chromosome - the final human chromosome to be fully sequenced.
… New sequence reveals genomic factors in fertility, including … research team has generated the first truly complete sequence of a human Y chromosome , the final human chromosome … in May of 2023 by the NHGRI-funded Human Pangenome Reference Consortium. Through these achievements, scientists …
About Genomics
February 15, 2021 marks the 20-year anniversary of publications reporting the draft human genome sequence.
… papers that revealed the first detailed look at the human genome's nearly complete sequence. A part of the Human Genome Project, these studies launched a new era … critical events leading up to the completion of the “draft sequence” and the publication of the “draft sequence” paper. …
Outreach
The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the initial sequencing of the human genome.
… Unlocking Life's Code to celebrate the 10th anniversary of researchers producing the first complete human genome sequence - the genetic blueprint of the human body - in April … a collaboration between the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) and the National Human Genome …
News Release
NHGRI convened geneticists, biologists, clinicians, bioinformatics specialists and more to provide expert advice on the future of its Genome Sequencing Program.
… 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). … participants in acknowledging the need for an improved reference genome. Comparative genomics continues to be a …
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Researchers, clinicians, and computational biologists meet to consider future opportunities for NHGRI's Genome Sequencing Program.
… Genome researchers, clinicians, computational biologists and … size, scope and future opportunities for the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) flagship Genome … computational tools for genome analysis, ranging from DNA sequence processing to variant prediction and annotation. The …
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 … The currently funded centers are: Harvard University School of Public Health Vanderbilt University School of Medicine A cross-institutional center at Icahn School of … Harvard University School of Public Health Vanderbilt University School of Medicine …
News Release
The Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium has offered an ethical framework to guide pediatricians in pursuing clinical sequencing studies.
… More than many other diagnostic technologies, genome sequencing carries the possibility of incidental or "secondary" findings that can reveal … and to whom, when genome sequencing uncovers signs of possible genetic risk for disease in patients who are too …
Media Advisory
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host researchers from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, who have now sequenced the remaining 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two decades.
… attend an expert panel discuss the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome via virtual conference call on March 31. … The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host researchers from the … that were brought together for deciphering the complete sequence of the roughly 3 billion bases in our DNA. When: …