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The Genomics Landscape
In the February 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the new director of NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences.
… 14, 2018, NHGRI reached an important milestone - its 21st anniversary as an NIH Institute. In 1997, our …
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Carlos Ferreira, M.D., staff clinician in NHGRI's Metabolic Medicine Branch, knows the catalogue of rare skeletal disorders well. With hundreds of known rare bone disorders and more to be discovered, Dr. Ferreira breaks down the challenges of skeletal genomics.
… no new diagnosis were made for around the next quarter century. When the first patient came to our clinic, we found …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 4, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about the establishment of the Global Biodata Coalition (GBC), which aims to move towards more internationally coordinated, sustainable, and streamlined mechanisms that support the biodata ecosystem.
… significance of his work was not recognized until the 20th century, it paved the way for future research in genetics, …
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Top genome scientists from over 20 countries have joined forces in an effort to improve cooperation and coordination of genomic medicine research worldwide.
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.
… show that the Ashkenazi founder event pre-dated the 14th century Waldman et al. Cell 185(25):4703–4716, 2022. … a small number of individuals”) occurred before the 14th century. This research was funded by multiple sources in …
Genetic Disorders
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that causes the body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs, leads to infection, and blocks the pancreas.
… with CF. Researchers modified a common cold virus to act as a delivery vehicle - or "vector"- carrying the normal …
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mRNA vaccines inject cells with instructions to generate a protein that is normally found on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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… for Data Science Document 5 Philip Bourne, Ph.D. 21 st Century Cures Act $4.8 billion for NIH innovation projects Data sharing …
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Estimated cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… Advances in the field of genomics over the past quarter-century have led to substantial reductions in the cost of …
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The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has long invested in basic genetics and genomics research, clinical trials, as well as translational medicine and social science studies, to advance our understanding of this widespread illness to help develop effective therapies.
… Sickle Cell Initiative to help speed the development of cures for sickle cell disease, which takes advantage of the …