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Statement
NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D, Ph.D., provides remarks for the May 10, 2023 media briefing about the new high-quality collection of reference human genome sequences that captures substantially more diversity from different human populations than what was previously available.
… Thank you, Lisa. Hello, I’m Eric Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, one of the Institutes and … Institutes of Health. Today, we announce a major advance in generating a high-quality human pangenome reference . This … Remarks from the Human Pangenome Media Briefing …
News
To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score.
… tests more accurately assess disease risk regardless of genetic ancestry. … a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing … tests using ancestrally diverse genomic data. As reported in Nature Medicine , the optimized tests provide a more …
Talking Glossary
La hibridación in situ es una técnica de laboratorio empleada para localizar una secuencia de ADN o ARN en una muestra biológica.
… Hibridación in situ … La hibridación in situ es una técnica de laboratorio empleada para localizar … La hibridación in situ es una técnica de laboratorio empleada para localizar … La hibridación in situ es una técnica de laboratorio empleada para localizar …
News Release
NIH-funded researchers completed the PanCancer Atlas from over 10,000 tumors representing 33 types of cancer.
… Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have completed a detailed genomic analysis, known as the PanCancer Atlas, on a data set of molecular and clinical information from over 10,000 tumors … clinical trials and future treatments." The Pan-Cancer Atlas, published as a collection of 27 papers across a suite …
News Release
NIH researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced.
… National Institutes of Health researchers compared a new genetic animal model of … the updated version to be more similar to the changes seen in humans. The new mouse model shows milder cognitive traits … use different strains of mice as animal models to study human diseases because most genes in humans have similar …
News Release
An international team of researchers including NIH has completed the first comprehensive characterization of genomic diversity across sub-Saharan Africa.
… that includes researchers from the National Institutes of Health has completed the first comprehensive … sub-Saharan Africa. The region is the most genetically diverse in the world, yet few studies have looked into genomic risk … The study provides clues to medical conditions in people of sub-Saharan African ancestry, and indicates that the …
Educational Resources
The founder effect is the reduction in genetic variation that results when a small subset of a large population is used to establish a new colony.
… The founder effect is the reduction in genetic variation that results when a small subset of a large population is used to establish a new colony. … Genetic Variation, Population Genetics, Human Migration, Genes … in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population. …
Fact Sheets
La hibridación fluorescente in situ brinda a los investigadores una manera de visualizar y mapear el material genético en las células de un individuo​.​ ​
… La hibridación fluorescente in situ (HFIS) brinda a los investigadores una manera de … hfis.jpg] ¿Qué es la HFIS? La hibridación fluorescente in situ (HFIS) brinda a los investigadores una manera de … Hibridación fluorescente in situ … La hibridación fluorescente in situ brinda a los investigadores una manera de visualizar …
Event
On October 10, 2024, NHGRI hosted a pre-application webinar for the Population Genomic Screening in Primary Care NOFOs. The purpose of these NOFOs is to implement and evaluate a pilot program of population genomic screening for common, actionable genomic conditions in a primary care setting.
… Welcome Overview of the Population Genomic Screening Discussion … webinar for the Population Genomic Screening in Primary Care NOFOs: RFA-HG-24-021 , RFA-HG-24-022 , and RFA-HG-24-023 . The purpose of these NOFOs is to implement and evaluate a pilot program … Population Genomic Screening in Primary Care Pre-Application Webinar …
News Release
Stomach cancers fall into four distinct molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas Network have found.
… molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network have found. In the study, published online July 23, 2014, in Nature , the scientists report that this discovery could … . Reference: The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network. Comprehensive Molecular …