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Clinical Research
A study to learn more about the role of viral infection and biomarkers of immunity in mitochondrial disease, utilizing new technology with Neoteryxâ„¢ fingerstick at-home sampling.
… Neoteryx ™ fingerstick at-home blood sample kit. With the samples we collect, we will look for antibodies that indicate … and you may be asked to provide additional blood samples or complete additional questionnaires. If you are …
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.
… letter, which circulated and spurred the anti-Human Genome Project letter campaign. The first line of the letter reads “The human genome project: mediocre science, terrible science … the University of Kentucky Medical Center, argued that the Human Genome Project would not draw new professionals in …
Event
On November 16-17, 2023, the National Human Genome Institute will co-sponsor a workshop, Advances in the Genetic Architecture of Complex Human Traits, to take a historically grounded and forward-looking approach towards dissecting the genetic architecture of complex traits in humans.
… understanding of Mendelian inheritance were early foci of human genetics that naturally emphasized family-based studies … Is the goal to capture more genetic variation, and thus biological variation, or more environmental variation, … diseases and traits? What does this mean for understanding human biology as universal and for the generation of other …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… Completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the ability to read nature's complete genetic blueprint for a human. This interactive timeline lists key moments from the …  1984-86 Early meetings assess the feasibility of a Human Genome Project. More + 1984-86 In December 1984, the …
News Release
NIH researchers have sequenced the whole genome of a dog native to Sardinia, Italy, and discovered in it clues about the migration of humans to the area.
… DNA sequence.) The findings, by scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, and … recent studies that also traced the genetic origins of human Sardinians to the Middle East and Hungary. Sardinian … Researchers have long recognized the benefit that isolated human groups can provide to genetic research. National …
News Release
NHGRI celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Human Genome Project with a "15 for 15" Celebration that commemorates the genomic advances since 2003.
… On April 25th - National DNA Day - the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project. To commemorate this milestone and the … the genomic developments made since the end of the Human Genome Project and the importance of genomics in …
Educational Resources
An enzyme is a biological catalyst and is almost always a protein.
… An enzyme is a biological catalyst and is almost always a protein. … An enzyme is a biological catalyst and is almost always a protein. It speeds … An enzyme is a biological catalyst and is almost always a protein. …
Research Funding
The Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) maintains and updates the human genome reference and provides it to the scientific community.
… The human genome reference is used by essentially all researchers … a critical resource for the genomics community. The NHGRI Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) provides funding for efforts to maintain and improve the human genome reference resource. Recently it has become …
News Release
Researchers have now identified and catalogued more species - nearly 200 new bacteria and thousands of viruses - that reside on the human skin than has ever been possible, largely due to advances in bioinformatics and laboratory techniques.
… identified and catalogued more species that reside on the human skin than has ever been possible, largely due to … these previously unknown species are the most abundant on human skin. The results appear in a new catalog, the Skin … Another way to study these microbes is to take skin samples and perform genomic analyses to identify which …
News Release
NHGRI researchers and their international collaborators have added Williams-Beuren syndrome to the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations.
… Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute and their international … have added Williams-Beuren syndrome to the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations. … Williams-Beuren syndrome added to Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Population …