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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 …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Advances in genomics are reducing the cost of genome sequencing by a million-fold.
… Advances in genomics are reducing the cost of genome sequencing by a million-fold. … Did you know that your …
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 …
Research Funding
Coordinates activities across the Genome Sequencing Program components
… The National Human Genome Research Institute's Genome Sequencing Program Coordinating Center (GSPCC) was funded in … Investigator: Richard Wilson, Ph.D.  Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard , Cambridge, Massachusetts Principal …
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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. … …
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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 …
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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 …
Educational Resources
Shotgun sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the DNA sequence of an organism's genome.
… Shotgun Sequencing … Shotgun sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the DNA sequence of an organism's genome. … Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), DNA Sequencing, …
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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 …