Such comparisons can yield an enormous amount of information about the role of inheritance in susceptibility to disease and in response to environmental influences. In addition, the ability to sequence the genome more rapidly and cost-effectively creates vast potential for diagnostics and therapies. Although routine DNA sequencing in the doctor's office is still many years away, some large medical centers have begun to use sequencing to detect and treat some diseases.
In cancer, for example, physicians are increasingly able to use sequence data to identify the particular type of cancer a patient has. This enables the physician to make better choices for treatments. Other researchers are studying its use in screening newborns for disease and disease risk.
Another National Institutes of Health program examines how gene activity is controlled in different tissues and the role of gene regulation in disease. Ongoing and planned large-scale projects use DNA sequencing to examine the development of common and complex diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes, and in inherited diseases that cause physical malformations, developmental delay and metabolic diseases. A lady sits on the Complexity puzzle piece working on her laptop with the message "Be strong, little computer!
A gentleman attempts to join Technology with Complexity to the left and Cost below , with the message "These new methods are so powerful!
Another gentleman attempts to join the Cost puzzle piece with Patience to the left , with the message "It's much cheaper to sequence DNA now! Completing the human genome sequence. Why was it so difficult to fully complete the human genome sequence? This text is hidden for screen readers only. Woman looking at an incomplete human genome sequence, with A, C, T and Gs, but missing some.
She has doubts and says "Hmm, this doesn't look complete to me. In , CDC began using whole genome sequencing to detect outbreaks caused by the deadly bacteria Listeria. Since then, this method has allowed scientists to:. Learn more about how the Listeria Whole Genome Sequencing Project has improved the detection and investigation of foodborne outbreaks. CDC is quickly expanding the use of whole genome sequencing in state laboratories, and scientists will soon begin using whole genome sequencing for outbreak investigations of other foodborne pathogens, such as Campylobacter , Shiga toxin-producing E.
These activities are critical to launching whole genome sequencing in public health laboratories and improving surveillance for foodborne disease outbreaks and trends in foodborne infections and antibiotic resistance. With modernization, CDC and its public health partners can continue to successfully detect, respond, and stop infectious diseases.
Together, we can ensure rapid and less costly diagnoses for individuals and the evidence needed to quickly solve and prevent foodborne outbreaks. Peggy Whitson became the first person to sequence microbes brought from earth to the International Space Station itself. Adding this technology to the space station can bring the same advances in medicine and science to space exploration. If you'd like to try your hand at DNA sequencing, you can check out games like Phylo where you try to align different bits of DNA to find the best match.
Or maybe you want to make your own DNA sequencer and improve existing technology even more? DNA Sequencing. Advances in genomics are reducing the cost of genome sequencing by a million-fold.
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