Human Genome Sequencing Center Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Oftentimes, one size does not fit all in healthcare. Today, physicians and researchers across the country are working toward the goal of precision medicine —

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Celebrating National DNA Day

April 25, 2019 Genetics, Human Genome Project, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Nicole Blanton, Research

In 1998, the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine was chosen as one of three centers to finish the sequencing of the

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Unprecedented initiative will sequence genomes of all known species

June 7, 2018 Allison Mickey, Earth BioGenome project, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Research

In what is perhaps the most ambitious biological proposal since the initial Human Genome Project, an international group of researchers, including a team from Baylor

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Avoid bed bugs while traveling

February 3, 2016 bed bugs, Dr. Stephen Richards, Healthcare, Houston, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Travel

Traveling soon? Dr. Stephen Richards, associate professor in Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center, and Dr. Coby Schal of North Carolina State University

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A miracle in a medical odyssey

June 29, 2015 Alexis Beery, Dr. James Lupski, Dr. Richard Gibbs, Genetics, Healthcare, Hope Knows No Boundaries, Houston, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Noah Beery, Research, Retta Beery

Miracles. From the day they were born, with all of their medical challenges, delays, life threatening and mysterious ailments, we knew they were absolute miracles.

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Precision medicine: Baylor partners with Mayo Clinic to study drug-gene safety

May 15, 2015 Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Richard Gibbs, Genetics, Healthcare, Houston, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Research, Technology

As the genome helps unlock health mysteries and advance individualized medicine, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Mayo Clinic are going to examine genomic

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Family helps advance research into rare disease

July 16, 2014 Dr. Hamed Jafar-Neiad, Dr. Huda Zoghbi, Dr. Matthew Bainbridge, Genetics, Genome Sequencing, Healthcare, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, molecular and human genetics, NGLY1 deficiency, pediatrics, Research

Baylor College of Medicine’s genetics program continues to break barriers in diagnosing rare diseases through the use of advanced genome testing. Often the diagnosis is

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By the Numbers: Sequencing the human genome through the cloud

October 25, 2013 Andy Phifer, Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Jeffrey Reid, Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Technology

A collaboration of research minds and cloud technology lead to the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center’s recent completion of the largest cloud-based

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70 years of victories: BCM helps make history

June 21, 2013 Audrey M. Marks, Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, History, Houston, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Vannie E. Cook Children's Cancer and Hemotology Clinic

As we look back through BCM’s history from our arrival in Houston, a new chapter in our history, and decades of accolades, we focus on

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Angelina Jolie brings awareness to hereditary breast cancer prevention

May 14, 2013 Angelina Jolie, Baylor College of Medicine, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Genetics, Glenna Picton, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Women's Health

Today, actress Angelina Jolie, through her own personal story, brought awareness to a very important issue in the fight against breast cancer – hereditary breast