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Genetic Anti-Discrimination Bill Clears Congress
On May 1, 2008, the House passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) by a vote of 414 to 1. The act will protect individuals against discrimination based on their genetic information when it comes to health insurance and employment. These protections will pave the way for people to take full advantage of the promise of personalized medicine without fear of discrimination.
May 7:Duck-Billed Platypus Genome Sequence Published The first analysis of the genome sequence of the duck-billed platypus is published in Nature by an international team of scientists, revealing clues about how genomes were organized during the early evolution of mammals. The research was supported in part by the National Human Genome Research Institute.
April 29:Scientists Form International Cancer Genome Consortium Research organizations from around the world announce they are launching the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), a collaboration designed to generate high-quality genomic data on up to 50 types of cancer through efforts projected to take up to a decade.
April 28:Research Findings Open New Front in Fight against AIDS Virus A research group supported by the National Institutes of Health has uncovered a new route for attacking the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that may offer a way to circumvent problems with drug resistance.
November 2007:NHGRI Director Francis Collins Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. receives the Presidential Medal of Freedeom for revolutionizing "genetic research. Under his leadership, the Human Genome Project mapped and sequenced the full human genome and greatly expanded our understanding of human DNA."
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On May 1, 2008, the House passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) by a vote of 414 to 1. The act will protect individuals against discrimination based on their genetic information when it comes to health insurance and employment. These protections will pave the way for people to take full advantage of the promise of personalized medicine without fear of discrimination.
