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Research Funding
The centers study in innovative ways to address important ethical, legal, and social issues related to advances in genomics.
… The NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program has funded research grants from investigators in a wide range of … are developing and conducting three pilot projects that study how genomic information affects infectious disease …
The Informed Consent Resource
Explore genomics-relevant considerations for informed consent and guidance on how to approach them.
… about the risks and benefits of participating in a research project. … The informed consent process and consent … should ensure that the consent approach for their study is consistent with program or funding agency … because they have a specific genotype (genotype-driven recruitment), they should be aware of participants' …
Research Training
An opportunity for recent college graduates to spend a year engaged in biomedical research in NHGRI laboratories.
… The Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (Post-Bac IRTA) provides the … in biomedical investigation in National Human Genome Research Institute laboratories. … While in this program, … world in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research. In addition, during their tenure in the program, …
News Release
Micro-sized technologies are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology.
… grants, which total approximately $14.5 million to eight research teams over two to four years as funds become … Sequencing Technology program of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), a part of NIH. The new group of … Theofilos Kotseroglou, Ph.D. Researchers will study a system to sequence DNA using an enzyme (polymerase) …
Research Training
Institutional and individual funding from NHGRI to help scientists develop research and professional skills.
… to improve human health. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) provides both institutional and … for activities located primarily in U.S. universities and research institutions. With the exception of the Pathway to … new policy including a tool to determine whether or not a study meet the NIH definition of a CT.  Good Clinical …
Clinical Research
The Protocol Service Center provides assistance in the development and administration of study protocols requiring NIH Institutional Review Board approval.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Protocol Service Center (PSC) … and staff in the development and administration of study protocols that require NIH Institutional Review Board … Federal regulations and policies related to human subjects research. The NHGRI PSC maintains close working relationships …
News Release
National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish through cell regeneration. The study may inform the development of treatments for hearing loss in humans.
… Study shows the role of transcription factors in facilitating … Ph.D., senior investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) Translational and Functional … study, led by investigators at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), may inform the development of …
Clinical Research
GENE-FORECAST® is developing a community cohort and resource for defining the significance of ancestry-related genomic variation in African-Americans.
… of Cardiovascular Disease in Africans Americans Study (GENE-FORECAST®) study is developing a community-based … the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. The participant recruitment strategy will involve two complementary … … Nicole Plass, B.S.N., M.P.A. Outreach & Recruitment Research Coordinator National Institutes of Health National …
News Release
A new study highlights how genomic mutations that cause mitochondrial disease may also compromise affected people's immune response.
… NHGRI Communications and Public Liaison Branch … A new study highlights how genomic mutations that cause … author and investigator at the National Human Genome Research Institute. Related Resources Cytochrome c Oxidase … Training docs to be researchers, too... The NIH MINI Study: Metabolism, Infection and Immunity in Inborn Errors of …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Division of Intramural Research aims to advance the frontiers of genetics and genomics.
… The goal of the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Division of Intramural Research is to advance the frontiers of genetics and … prognosis, and prevention of rare and common diseases. The study of genomic variation and its effects on phenotype at …