{"id":272398,"date":"2023-12-05T20:22:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=272398"},"modified":"2023-12-05T20:22:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:52:29","slug":"population-level-genome-sequencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/population-level-genome-sequencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Population-level genome sequencing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>– This post is based on the article “The transformative benefits of population-level genome sequencing | Explained<\/strong>” published in “The Hindu<\/strong>” on 3rd December 2023.<\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The UK has announced the completion of half a million whole-genome sequences, almost 0.7% of its population, under its ‘100K Genome Project’<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is Population-level Genome sequencing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Population-level genome sequencing involves deciphering the complete genetic makeup of large populations<\/strong>. This entails sequencing an organism’s entire DNA. This offers unprecedented insights into human diversity and can be useful in healthcare sector.<\/p>\n

What are the benefits of population-level genome sequencing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1) Understanding disease prevalence and biomarkers which allows discovery of novel therapeutic targets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2) Genomic data can be used in decision-making and medical care to build scalable public-health initiatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2) It will also contribute significantly to our knowledge of human biology, human evolution, migration patterns, and adaptation to diverse environments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are some other population-level genome sequencing projects?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Genome Initiative<\/strong><\/td>\nOrigin Country<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AllofUS program<\/strong><\/td>\nU.S<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1+ Million Genomes<\/strong><\/td>\nThe European Union<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Three Million African Genomes<\/strong><\/td>\nBy Ambroise Wonkam (Professor) of Cape Town University in South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
deCODE initiatve<\/strong><\/td>\nIceland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GenomeAsia Project<\/strong><\/td>\nSeveral Asian countries and the USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Genomic Initiatives India
\n<\/strong>India\u2019s IndiGen Programme<\/strong>: Providing insights into genetic diseases and variants, with plans for a larger GenomeIndia initiative to sequence 10,000 genomes.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus -Science & Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– This post is based on the article “The transformative benefits of population-level genome sequencing | Explained” published in “The Hindu” on 3rd December 2023. Why in the News? The UK has announced the completion of half a million whole-genome sequences, almost 0.7% of its population, under its ‘100K Genome Project’ What is Population-level Genome… Continue reading Population-level genome sequencing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,1],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-272398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":7,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1701803938},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}