Sentences with phrase «of the human genome»

The sequencing of the human genome in the year 2000 revealed how the 3 billion letters of A, C, G and T, that the human genome consists of, are ordered.

The goal of the human genome project was to use DNA sequencing to reveal all three billion DNA letters in our chromosomes and find all our genes.

The field got a big boost from the completion of the human genome sequence.

With a completed map of the human genome, researchers are in hot pursuit of an answer.

This makes working in this region of the human genome very difficult.

Scientists published the first draft of the human genome nearly a decade ago, but the hunt for disease genes is far from over.

It has deposited so many copies of itself that it accounts for about 18 percent of the human genome.

The publication of the human genome in 2001 revealed its sequence — the significance of which remains a mystery.

The better part of the human genome is composed of viral DNA.

Think of the human genome as a very large deck of cards, each card bearing a gene variant.

The leaders of the human genome diversity project wanted to find a way to celebrate and preserve our genetic differences.

Now an international team has applied this approach to tackle the wheat genome, which is five times the size of the human genome and much more complicated.

The functional portion of the human genome probably falls between 10 percent and 15 percent, with an upper limit of 25 percent, suggests new research.

Most of the sequencing of the human genome by this international consortium has been done in just the last 15 months.

Going forward, it's easy to see how greater knowledge of the human genome — knowing which gene does what as well as its precise location within the genome — has enormous potential.

If it does, then the future rewards of human genome research will extend well beyond medicine and the linking up of genes and diseases.

Around two per cent of the human genome acts as a blueprint for proteins, which work as molecular machines assuming important functions in the cells of our bodies.

Since the publication of the human genome sequence in 2001, scientists have found that the so - called junk DNA that lies between genes actually carries out many important functions.

Almost all biologists surveyed have been influenced in some way by the availability of the human genome sequence.

The scientists noted that the steady flow of human genome data has been a boon to research and has not cluttered up databases with incomplete information, as some had feared.

DNA technology will continue to develop as we try to understand how the elements of the human genome work and interact with the environment.

Previous studies on natural resistance to malaria had implicated a section of human genome near to a cluster of receptor genes.

This assumption is based on the idea that the evolution of the human genome progresses much more slowly than cultural evolution.

Recent studies of the human genome have identified genetic regions associated with autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes.

The unveiling of the human genome almost 7 years ago cast the first faint light on our complete genetic makeup.

To gain a comprehensive view of the human genome and biological systems, they instead had to work in a highly integrated fashion.

The sequencing of the human genome involved hundreds of researchers around the world, with five centers taking on the lion's share of the work (see chart).

How do you build a model of the human genome?

All in all, the virus - like components of the human genome amount to almost half of our DNA.

These data provide a study design that can be used to determine how variation in the sequence of the human genome gives rise to human diversity.

Every single cell in our bodies contains a complete copy of the human genome.

«We need to know the functional fraction of the human genome in order to focus biomedical research on the parts that can be used to prevent and cure disease,» he said.

In this era of the human genome map, it would seem a simple matter to pinpoint the bit of DNA responsible for each disease and use that knowledge to find a cure.

Scientists are now contemplating the fabrication of a human genome, meaning they would use chemicals to manufacture all the DNA contained in human chromosomes.

The lesson also includes advantages and disadvantages of the human genome project.

As soon as the near completion of the human genome was announced, commentators played up the payoff of finding genes for all sorts of diseases.

A team of scientists has developed an algorithm that can accurately pinpoint, in large regions of the human genome, mutations favored by natural selection.

After scientists announced the first draft of the human genome, people began to wonder how our new understanding of DNA would change life.

Additionally, these regions were likely to contain parts of the human genome that have been associated with schizophrenia.

Surprisingly, the study also found that the genomes of Latino individuals are a uniquely powerful resource for assembling maps of the human genome.

It is surprisingly large — about three times the size of the human genome.

This innovation could revolutionize medicine and our knowledge of the human genome.

About 9 per cent of the human genome is thought to have come about this way.

In order to understand the function of the human genome, knowing the genome sequence alone is not sufficient.

What elements of the human genome are contributing to this process?

This story and the one accompanying it are part of a collection this month reflecting on the 10th anniversary of the publication of the human genome, which are gathered here.