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Genetic professionals provide information and support to individuals or families who have genetic disorders or may be at risk for inherited conditions.
… Genetic professionals work as members of health care teams providing information and support to … Genetics professionals are health care professionals with specialized degrees and … Assess the risk of a genetic disorder by researching a family's history, evaluating medical records, and conducting …
News Release
NHGRI, NMNH and the NIH Foundation will present a symposium on the future of genomics, health, and the impact of genomics globally.
… (NHGRI), the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health will present a symposium on the future of genomics, health, and the impact of genomics globally. … the coming decade and aspects of its relevance for global health. The symposium will include an afternoon and an …
Educational Resources
LOD stands for "logarithm of the odds." In genetics, the LOD score is a statistical estimate of whether two genes, or a gene and a disease gene, are likely to be located near each other on a chromosome.
… Family Health History, Genealogy, Genetic Disease …
News Release
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a new precision health research program within its Division of Intramural Research.
… on growing availability of large-scale genomic and health record data worldwide to advance the science of precision health. … (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a new precision health research program within its Division of Intramural … in terms of discoveries about the genetic basis of health and disease,” said NHGRI Director Eric Green, M.D., …
Event
As part of the tenth anniversary of the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) History of Genomics Program, members from The Amaral Lab from Northwestern University will present a virtual lecture on how they have used the program’s archive to better understand how a major funding institute like NHGRI has helped shape genomics.
… To commemorate the 10 th anniversary of the NHGRI History of Genomics Program, the Institute will host a virtual lecture - The history of genomics told through machine learning: A celebration of 10 years of the NHGRI history program - on what these experts have found so far. …
Research at NHGRI
The Center for Precision Health Research, formerly Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, studies how health and disease are related to genetic, genomic and metabolic variation.
… The investigators in the Center for Precision Health Research (CPHR) develop and evaluate cutting edge … The Center for Precision Health Research (CPHR) (formerly the Medical Genomics and … of cutting edge genomic and informatic approaches to health. The investigators in CPHR study a broad spectrum of …
Research Funding
The Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium aims to advance the application of multi-omic technologies to study health and disease in ancestrally diverse populations.
… Diabetes, and Kidney Disease: A Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Study Site Disease Study Site** Krzysztof … of California, San Diego Multi-Omics for Maternal Health after Preeclampsia Disease Study Site Joseph … Susan Fisher-Hoch, Absalon Gutierrez University of Texas, Health Science Center Houston Multi-omics for …
Educational Resources
Heterozygous refers to having inherited different forms of a particular gene from each parent.
… Heterozygous, Homozygous, Gene, Family Health History, Mutation …
Educational Resources
Fraternal twins are also dizygotic twins.
… Genes, Twins, Family Health History, Newborn Screening …
Educational Resources
Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease characterized by faulty digestion, breathing problems, respiratory infections, and loss of salt in sweat.
… Hereditary Disease, Family Health History, Gene, CFTR …