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NIST Releases Trove of Genetic Data to Spur Cancer Research
In an effort to foster progress in cancer research, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is releasing detailed and comprehensive data about the entire genetic content of a pancreatic cancer cell. Scientists can use it to research tumors, improve cancer diagnostic tests, and develop new cancer treatments.
The NIST data on this cancer genome — that is, the full set of genetic instructions from the cell, including the mutations that caused the disease — is several terabytes in size. The genome came from a 61-year-old pancreatic cancer patient who explicitly consented to making the genetic code of her cancer cells publicly available for research and clinical use.
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Researchers Fully Sequence the Y Chromosome for the First Time
Aug. 23, 2023
Led by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), a team of researchers at NIST and many other organizations used advanced sequencing technologies to read out the full DNA sequence of the Y chromosome — a region of the genome that typically drives male reproductive development.
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