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Gene regulation is the process of turning genes on and off.
… Gene Regulation … Gene regulation is the process of turning genes on and off. … Gene Expression, Genes, DNA, Transcription Factors … Gene regulation is the process used to control the timing, … process can be complicated and is carried out by a variety of mechanisms, including through regulatory proteins and …
Research Funding
The Genomics of Gene Regulation project develops methods to construct predictive, accurate gene regulatory network models using genomic data​​.
… in the RFA, individual projects collect genomic data on gene expression, as well as surrogate markers of regulatory elements, in different cell fates or cell … construct gene regulatory network models, taking advantage of the dynamics of the system as the cells transition from …
News Release
NIH has awarded grants of more than $28 million aimed at deciphering the language of how and when genes are turned on and off.
… The National Institutes of Health has awarded grants of more than $28 million aimed … and off. These awards emanate from the recently launched Genomics of Gene Regulation (GGR) program of the National Human Genome … diabetes and Parkinson's disease. NHGRI launched the Genomics of Gene Regulation (GGR) program to decipher the …
Policy Issues
Most genetic tests today are not regulated, meaning that they go to market without any independent analysis to verify the claims of the seller.
… As the field of genomics advances, genetic and genomic tests are becoming more common in, and out of, the clinic. Yet most genetic tests today are not … without any independent analysis to verify the claims of the seller. … of medical treatments and procedures. Since clinical genomics is a relatively new field, frameworks to evaluate …
Educational Resources
A tumor suppressor gene directs the production of a protein that is part of the system that regulates cell division.
… Tumor Suppressor Gene … A tumor suppressor gene directs the production of a protein that is part of the system that regulates cell division. … BRCA1, BRCA2, Cancer, Oncogene, Cell, Gene, Mutation … occur. Such mutations may contribute to the development of a cancer. …
News Release
NIH investigators have discovered that genomic switches of a blood cell are key to regulating the human immune system.
… Investigators with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered the genomic switches of a blood cell are key to regulating the human immune … Director, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., in the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch at the National Human …
News Release
NIH and Inova Health are launching The Genomic Ascertainment Cohort, a pilot project that will examine gene and gene variant influence on phenotypes.
… Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC) harbor large numbers of genotypes (an individual's collection of genes). Until now, it has been difficult for researchers … and investigate the health consequences of their genes and gene variants. … M.D., TGAC co-organizer and chief of the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch at NIH's National …
News Release
Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.
… The National Institutes of Health has awarded eight grants as part of the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project to explore … An Atlas of Human Gene Expression The GTEx awards will contribute to a resource … Expression project expands functional studies of genomic variation …
News Release
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project has created a detailed resource on the letters of life, DNA, identifying genes and regions that may regulate genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… third phase offers new insights into the organization and regulation of our genes and genome … The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project is a worldwide effort to … to identify and characterize their functional roles in gene regulation. "A key challenge in ENCODE is that …
Educational Resources
The gene is the basic physical unit of inheritance.
… Gene … The gene is the basic physical unit of inheritance. … Inheritance, Gene, Double Helix, DNA, DNA Sequence … The gene is considered the basic unit of inheritance. Genes are … The gene is the basic physical unit of inheritance. …