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Research at NHGRI
The Social and Behavioral Research Branch conducts research to apply genomic discoveries to improve health and clinical care.
… The Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB) aims to develop optimal approaches for the integration of genomic discoveries into clinical and community contexts. … through using animal models to explore these connections. Clinical translation of genomic discovery We approach …
News Release
A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results.
… A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results. The research suggests that newer, faster, … may have important implications for the DNA sequencing of clinical samples, and perhaps affect the diagnostic pipeline …
Clinical Research
FAQs for Autoinflammatory Diseases Study providers and researchers.
… on new genetic discoveries. We can search our database of clinical and genetic data to see if we have a match. We may … Ivona Aksentijevich if you would like to further discuss research opportunities. … Clinical Research …
News Release
NHGRI has appointed Neil Hanchard, M.D., Ph.D., as a clinical investigator within the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch (MGMGB) in the Division of Intramural Research. Dr. Hanchard will head the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section within the MGMGB.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has appointed Neil Hanchard, M.D., Ph.D., as a clinical investigator within the Medical Genomics and … His efforts will integrate laboratory-based and clinical methods to study several pediatric diseases, … Dr. Neil Hanchard joins NHGRI as a clinical investigator …
Fact Sheets
Estimated cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… have led to substantial reductions in the cost of genome sequencing. The underlying costs associated with different methods and strategies for sequencing genomes are of great interest because they influence the scope and scale of almost all genomics research projects. …
Research at NHGRI
The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center is a multi-disciplinary genomics facility that emphasizes the generation and analysis of DNA sequence.
… The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) , established in 1997, is a … procedures. NISC's role within the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), and more broadly across NIH, aims … methods to analyze genomics data with applicability to clinical and basic science questions that were thought to be …
News Release
NIH is establishing the Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium, with approximately $11 million awarded in the consortium’s first year of funding. The new consortium aims to advance the generation and analysis of “multi-omic” data for human health research.
… New research consortium will develop innovative strategies for clinical studies involving ancestrally diverse populations. … and analysis of “multi-omic” data for human health research. Multi-omics refers to a research approach that … work will have broad and long-lasting impacts for clinical research.” Approximately half of the awarded funds …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium's publishing of a collection of papers that reported the first truly complete sequence of the human genome.
… move forward with funding and conducting the planned 2022 research activities. In a bit of additional internal … When pursuing clinical genomic studies, it is important to be transparent with both research participants and patients about how their genomic … approach of using the best-available technologies for sequencing DNA and pushing them to their absolute limits. In …
News Release
A new genome-based technology for demystifying undiagnosed illnesses - even rare childhood diseases - is moving into general medical practice.
… - particularly rare childhood diseases - is moving from research laboratories into general medical practice. Now, two … "This primer illustrates how rapidly the use of genome sequencing has moved into clinical practice," said NHGRI Director Eric D. Green, M.D., …
Fact Sheets
Data used to estimate the cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… For many years, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has tracked the costs associated with DNA sequencing performed at the sequencing centers funded by the Institute. This information … quality [see below]; (2) "Cost per Genome" - the cost of sequencing a human-sized genome. For each, a graph is …