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Next-Generation DNA Sequencing

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DNA sequencing establishes the order of the bases that make up DNA. Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of technologies for sequencing DNA that became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing). Faster and cheaper than their predecessors, NGS technologies can sequence an entire human genome in a single day and for less than 1,000.

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David Adams, M.D., Ph.D.

Senior Clinician

Office Of The Clinical Director

Nanopore DNA Sequencing DNA Sequencing Genome Human Genome Project Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)