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Five pieces from the Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code exhibition are now on display at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, MD.
…   Videos: Smithsonian Genome Exhibit Unlocks 21st Century Science of Life UNC Professor Helps Design New …
News Release
NIH awarded grants to six medical centers to select from the most difficult-to-solve medical cases and develop effective approaches to diagnose them.
… who require these services and, in doing so, create a 21st century model for diagnosis and treatment in this genomic and … research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information …
Outreach
The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the initial sequencing of the human genome.
… Announcement Videos: Smithsonian Genome Exhibit Unlocks 21st Century Science of Life UNC Professor Helps Design New …
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LabGenius, a space-age ballpoint pen embedded with a tiny camera, can record the researcher's every stroke and scribble in the laboratory.
… offer researchers who are ready to make a change access to 21st century tools that will measurably improve their ability to …
Virtual Exhibit
The Human Genome Project changed traditional understandings of how and why scientific research is conducted. It was, however, not without its detractors. Early in 1990, there was an effort to stop funding for the nascent Human Genome Project, in the form of a letter writing campaign.
… the most important biomedical research project of the 20th century. In many ways, it challenged some of the fundamental …
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NHGRI researchers have discovered that Mediterranean populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease because of evolutionary pressure to survive the bubonic plague.
Leadership Initiatives
NHGRI aims to ensure all populations are knowledgeable about and can participate in genomics research.
… Project, perhaps the greatest scientific endeavor of the 21st century, has changed the way medicine is practiced and how …
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… for genetics research participants as part of the 21 st Century Cures Act (H.R.34) passed on December 7 .  The ASHG Social Issues …
Genetic Disorders
Trimethylaminuria is a metabolic condition in which an individual is not able to convert trimethylamine into a compound called trimethylamine N-oxide.
News Release
The Physician-Scientist Development Program helps physicians develop research programs dedicated to the disorders they specialize in.