fa9d73fcd0c92300ccabbbfb70576da3ca812f75 jnavarr5 Wed Aug 21 16:01:33 2019 -0700 Rewording a paragraph on the history.html from Lou's code reveiw, refs #20314 diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/history.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/history.html index 66ee645..6457563 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/history.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/history.html @@ -70,37 +70,37 @@ databases, giving researchers instant access to deeper information about the genome. An experienced user can form a hypothesis and verify it in minutes using this tool. Together this information represents an extremely comprehensive view of the genome, helping scientists recognize important features of the sequence and providing strong evidence of function. For instance, the genome browser helps unravel the varied splicing patterns whereby one gene can make many different proteins. This process of alternative splicing is thought to explain how a human can be so complex, yet have only about twice as many genes as a roundworm.</p> <p> The UCSC Genome Browser group continues to add functions to the genome browser, such as the Track Collection Builder, which allows multiple continuous-value graphing tracks to be copied and grouped into one composite track or "collection." Once the tracks are inside of a collection, the Track Collection Builder tool allows you to sort by similarity and magnitude, as well as alter the aggregate/overlay graphing view options to compare results. By merging experimental results from multiple sources, this powerful tool allows researchers to better understand how genes function.</p> <p> -Today, the UCSC Genome Browser group continues to make the human genome sequence even more useful -for science and medicine by identifying and annotating key functional genomic elements in such a way -that they are easily accessible to researchers. This process of discovery and categorization is a -critical step toward fully understanding the workings of the human genome, a project that will -occupy science and medicine for many years. The browser platform has multiple potential uses that -can improve diagnosis, prevention, and cures for disease. The usefulness of the UCSC Genome Browser -lead to spin-offs, or genome browser mirrors, such as the following:</p> +Today, the UCSC Genome Browser group continues to make genome sequences even more useful for +science and medicine by facilitating the visualization of aggregate data so that it is easily +accessible to researchers. This process of discovery and categorization is a critical step toward +fully understanding the workings of the human genome, a project that will occupy science and +medicine for many years. The browser platform has multiple potential uses that can aid in disease +prevention, diagnostics, and the search for cures. The usefulness of the UCSC Genome Browser lead to +spin-offs, or genome browser mirrors, such as the following:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://news.ucsc.edu/2008/05/2242.html" target="_blank">The HIV Data Browser</a></li> <li><a href="https://xena.ucsc.edu/welcome-to-ucsc-xena/" target="_blank">The UCSC Cancer Genomics Browser</a></li> <li><a href="https://genome.ucsc.edu/encode/" target="_blank">The data collection center for the international ENCODE project</a></li> <li><a href="http://genome.ucsc.edu/ebolaPortal/" target="_blank">The UCSC Ebola Virus Genome Browser</a></li> </ul> <a name="race"></a> <h2>Human Genome Project Race</h2> <p> In December 1999, the International Human Genome Project (IHGP) came to UC Santa Cruz when Eric