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The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is federal legislation that makes it unlawful to discriminate against individuals on the basis of their genetic profiles in regard to health insurance and employment.
… of their genetic profiles in regard to health insurance and employment. … genetic information, as it applies to health insurance and employment. These protections are intended to encourage … of their genetic profiles in regard to health insurance and employment. …
For Patients and Families
The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center helps people find useful information about genetic and rare diseases.
… The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center helps people find useful information about genetic and rare diseases … The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD)  was created in … by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation (DRDRI) …
For Teachers
The genetic timeline lesson plan gives students an historical perspective of the discoveries that led to our present understanding of the human genome.
… been fully appreciated in their lifetimes, such as Darwin and Mendel. As the student puts the events in order, he or … activity may be most effectively done at the end of a genetics unit as a review or reinforcement lesson. It likely … cut up for the lesson. Cut around the edges of the boxes and glue them separately to 4" x 6" cards. Print out the …
Talking Glossary
Understand the terms and concepts used in genetic research
… Understand the terms and concepts used in genetic research …
Staff
Dr. Wilson is the co-chief of and senior investigator in NHGRI's Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch.
… College, magna cum laude, with a B.A. in biology in 1975, and received the H.P. Studivant Award as the Outstanding … Biology Major. He received his Ph.D. in medical genetics from Indiana University under the direction of P. Michael Conneally, Ph.D., (1980) and did his postdoctoral training in statistical genetics …
Fact Sheets
Genetic mapping offers evidence that a disease transmitted from parent to child is linked to one or more genes and clues about where a gene lies on a chromosome.
… from parent to child is linked to one or more genes and provides clues about which chromosome contains the gene and precisely where the gene lies on that chromosome. … the Human Genome Project (HGP) was to develop new, better and cheaper tools to identify new genes and to understand …
Research Training
An opportunity for medical school graduates to complete a combined, five-year residency program in pediatrics and medical genetics.
… The Combined Pediatrics and Medical Genetics Residency Program is a remarkable opportunity for … a combined, five-year residency program in pediatrics and medical genetics. … The Combined Pediatrics and Medical Genetics Residency Program, offered in conjunction with …
Fact Sheets
Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
… Genetics and genomics both play roles in health and disease. Genetics refers to the study of genes and the way that … Genetics is a term that refers to the study of genes and … Genetics and genomics both play roles in health and disease. … about diseases caused by a single gene (using genetics) and complex diseases caused by multiple genes and …
Research Training
This program offers training in a combined program of maternal-fetal medicine and medical genetics.
… The Metropolitan D.C. Medical Genetics Program also offers new subspecialty training in a combined program of maternal-fetal medicine and med genetics in collaboration with the Washington Hospital Center … genetic etiologies seen in prenatally diagnosed anomalies and the impact of genetic and metabolic disease on healthy …
Educational Resources
Newborn genetic screening is testing performed on newborn babies to detect a wide variety of disorders.