Funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the project aims to accurately reflect the full range of human diversity worldwide ...

Stanford Medicine researchers sifted through thousands of single nucleotide mutations in DNA to identify fewer than 400 that are functionally associated with inherited cancer risk.

Stanford scientists have identified 380 key genetic variants that significantly influence cancer development, filtering ...

A combination of human pedigree analysis and fruit fly genetics has identified a gene variant that appears to prevent ...

spokesman for the US National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), told The Scientist. He added: "The announcement of Affymetrix's new chip appears to be an important step toward that ...

A genome contains all the information needed for an individual to develop and function. (Image: National Human Genome Research Institute) The genome is composed of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), which ...

The National ... Institute in London, the UK Royal Society and Academy of Medical Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine, and UNESCO-The World Academy of ...

Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute ... of human genomes in cell lines, each with different structural changes. Using genome sequencing, they were able to analyze the genetic effects of ...