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A polygenic risk score is one way by which people can learn what their risk of developing a disease is, based on the total number of genomics variants related to the disease.
Talking Glossary
When analysis of a patient’s genome identifies a variant, but it is unclear whether that variant is actually connected to a health condition, the finding is called a variant of uncertain significance (abbreviated VUS).
… more extensive population data, functional studies, and tracing the variant in other family members who have or do …
Profile
After a lifelong obsession with completing things, Adam Phillippy has helped in the final completion of the human genome sequence. The researcher talks about his life path to genomics, his relationship with perfection and his next big thing.
Policy Issues
Federally-funded research with human participants must comply with regulations that protect the rights and welfare of the participants.
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics helps us understand evolution and protect our biological ecosystems.
Data Sharing Policies
Sample informed consent language, aligned with each of the informational elements of consent for genomic data sharing (GDS) outlined by NIH as important to convey, in language understandable to prospective participants.
Staff
Dr. Heidi Parker is an Associate Investigator in the Comparative Genetics Section of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, NHGRI.
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 2, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about the new NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy and how it emphasizes the importance of good data management practices.
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2018 edition of The Genomics landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights five new educational videos that use poetry and dance.
National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research
The Director's Report-Related Documents contain links to materials supplemental to Dr. Eric Green's Director's Report presentation to the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research in September 2022.