WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- The leader of the Human Genome Project is U.S. President Barack Obama's choice to be the National Institutes of Health director, the White House said.
BETHESDA, Md., May 29 (UPI) -- Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, says he will resign Aug. 1.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S.-led Horse Genome Sequencing Project has issued its first draft, making it available to biomedical and veterinary scientists around the world.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute has announced support for large-scale sequencing centers in Boston, Houston and St. Louis.
WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute has announced several new sequencing targets, including the northern white-cheeked gibbon.
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The estimated number of human genes has been revised sharply downward in a report from an international research team.
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The first draft of the bovine genome sequence, a process known as cDNA, is reported ready for biomedical and agricultural researchers worldwide.
WASHINGTON, March 31 (UPI) -- U.S.-led researchers said Tuesday they have sequenced the genome of the Brown Norway rat, only the third mammal to be sequenced, after humans and mice.
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Maryland scientists have posted the first draft version of a chimpanzee's genome sequence and its alignment with the human genome on free public databases.
BETHESDA, Md., March 4 (UPI) -- The National Institutes of Health said Tuesday it plans to begin sequencing the genome of the cow as early as September.