Sentences with phrase «generation sequencing effort»

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The convergence of several factors explains the trend: cheaper genetic sequencing technologies, the discovery of new oncogenes (genes that can cause a normal cell to become cancerous), a new generation of computers and bioinformatics that can analyze vast amounts of data, and a multibillion - dollar effort by researchers inside and outside the pharma industry to develop targeted drugs and companion diagnostics for cancer.

With the effort to sequence the entire human genome speeding toward completion, some researchers are now focusing their energy on developing the next generation of tools that can be used to extract...

Sparked from the efforts of the T2D - GENES Consortium (Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Exploration by Next - generation sequencing in multi-Ethnic Samples; T2D - GENES) to aggregate and share results from large - scale T2D sequence and genotype datasets, the prototype T2D KP was built with seed funding from the NIDDK via the T2D - GENES Consortium and the Slim Initiative for Genomic Medicine in the Americas for T2D (SIGMA T2D).

The CNAG - CRG makes efforts to promote the utilization of next - generation sequencing technology for rare disease applications.

Next - generation genome sequence data are essential for these efforts.