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The HVP China Node was officially launched on 26 June, 2015, after an agreement was signed with the Beijing China Health Huayang Institute of Gene Technology on the 6th of January this year. China have been involved in a limited capacity with the Project since 2010, but this marks the beginning of what is looking to be a unified Chinese contribution to the Human Variome Project.

The ceremony was held in the China Hall of Science and Technology with more than 150 attendees, including government officers, international guests, experts and professionals in the areas of genetics and genomics in China. Dr Casimiro Vizzini from the International Basic Science Program of the United Nations Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and Mr Chris Arnold, Chairman of the Human Variome Project International Limited Board, addressed the delegates. The Human Variome Project were further represented by Professor Garry Cutting, HVPI Board member and Co-Chair of the International Scientific Advisory Committee and Professor Peter Taschner, member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee and Chair of the Gene/Disease Specific Database Advisory Council. Representatives from the UNESCO Beijing Office also attended the event. Mr Zhonghua Gao from the Beijing China Health Huayang Institute of Gene Technology was appointed as the Director of the HVP China Node Working Committee.

The HVP China Node Working Committee had held a meeting on the day preceding the launch. Professor Runlin Ma from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences was elected as Chair of the Expert Committee of HVP China Node Working committee.

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The Human Variome Project South East Asian Node will assist the national efforts of Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand to share information on genetic variations in South East Asian populations between member nations and the rest of the world.

The Republic of Korea became the Human Variome Project's 17th HVP Country Node on the 7th of August. The HVP Korean Node will be a joint undertaking of the Genetic Society of Korea and the Genome Research Foundation.

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The Human Variome Project is pleased to announce that Venezuela has joined the international Project as an HVP Country Node. The HVP Venezuelan Node is a combined initiative of the Venezuelan Genetics Society and several academic and research institutions actively involved in the field of human and medical genetics.

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Just in time for HVP4 and the 2nd meeting of the International Confederation of Countries Advisory Council, the United Kingdom has officially joined the Human Variome Project as an HVP Country Node. This brings the total number of HVP Country Nodes active so far to 15.

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The Human Variome Project Consortium today welcomed the United States of America as the 14th HVP Country Node.

"This is fantastic news," said Professor Richard Cotton, the Project's Scientific Director, "Not only for the Human Variome Project, but also for patients in the United States."

The Human Variome Project is extremely pleased to announce that the Czech Republic has officially signed up to the Human Variome Project Consortium as an HVP Country Node. The Czech Republic joins twelve other countries who have established or are in the process of establishing national genetic variation repositories and that have undertaken to share their data with the international community. We are looking forward to working closely with our Czech colleagues.

The Human Variome Project is pleased to announce that Belgium and Egypt have joined with the Human Variome Project to create HVP Country Nodes.

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The Human Variome Project today announced that it had exceeded some very important milestones set out in its Project Roadmap 2010-2012 by officially partnering with consortiums to coordinate the collection of genetic data from four countries: China, Kuwait, Malaysia and Australia.