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NIH will support research that incorporates DNA sequence information into electronic medical records.
… into EMRs The grants, administered by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), represent the third phase … variants with clinical implications by using the latest sequencing technologies to examine rare and common variants … in patient electronic health records, and along with genome-wide testing, explore the roles of variants in a …
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NHGRI has appointed Neil Hanchard, M.D., Ph.D., as a clinical investigator within the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch (MGMGB) in the Division of Intramural Research. Dr. Hanchard will head the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section within the MGMGB.
… Complex Disease Genomics Section. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has appointed Neil … to use genomic and genetic tools to understand complex pediatric diseases and traits in diverse populations. His … laboratory-based and clinical methods to study several pediatric diseases, including sickle cell disease, severe …
Research Funding
Effort to accelerate understanding of the molecular basis of cancer using genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing.
… The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) was a joint effort of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which are both part of the … genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing. … The Cancer Genome Atlas … The Cancer Genome …
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Dr. Mullikin was the former director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… skills to the genomics field in 1997, just as the Human Genome Project was scaling up. He has been involved in many aspects of the Human Genome Project as well as numerous other genome projects. His … to analyze large data sets generated by systematic DNA sequencing projects. A highly skilled computational …
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Dr. Gerard Bouffard directs the Bioinformatics Group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… University, where he combined his interests in early genome sequencing of the Escherichia coli genome with the nascent field of bioinformatics. He used …
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Small businesses with NHGRI grants were instrumental in contributing to the completion of the human genome sequence, redefining the future of genomics.
… in contributing to the completion of the human genome sequence, redefining the future of genomics. … When … grants provided by institutes such as the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), among others. Small … development ecosystem. Until recently, almost all genome sequencing methods required researchers to extract DNA from a …
Fact Sheets
Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment.
… Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each … word.  … An organism's complete set of DNA is called its genome. Virtually every single cell in the body contains a … usual processes and lead to a disease such as cancer.  … Sequencing simply means determining the exact order of the …
Clinical Research
The CLINSEQ® Study seeks to learn about the role that your genes play in your health.
… your health. We do this by getting a DNA sample from you, sequencing most or all of your genes, and comparing that to … on its head. Trans-NIH Study Explores Medical Role for Genome Sequencing 2007: Patients with Cardiovascular Disease … 6503 participants: challenges of variant classification. Genome Res , 2015. [In Press]  Lewis KL, Han PK, Hooker GW, …
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On June 26, 2000, nearly 10 years into the 13-year project, President Bill Clinton announced an important milestone for the Human Genome Project at a major White House ceremony.
… Clinton june 26, 2000 … The signature goal of the Human Genome Project (HGP) was to generate a sequence of the three … the completion of a working draft sequence of the human genome.   Standing beside President Clinton was Francis … Richard Wilson, Ph.D., who was co-director of the Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University School of Medicine …
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A team of NIH-funded researchers have generated the first complete chromosome sequences from non-human primates.
… Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, and an author of the study. “Only the chimpanzee genome sequence was fairly complete before this, but even … has only become possible in recent years due to new DNA sequencing technologies and analysis methods. These …