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NIH issues a notice seeking public comment on a proposed update to the data management of genomic summary results under the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy.
… Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a notice in its Guide to Grants and Contracts … the data management of genomic summary results under the NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy. The proposed update to … GDS policy's data management practices would help support NIH's goals to promote scientific advances and protect …
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NIH researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced.
… studied Down syndrome mouse model. The results of this study, published in Biological Psychiatry , may help … often use different strains of mice as animal models to study human diseases because most genes in humans have … for Precision Health Research and senior author of the study. About 6,000 newborns are diagnosed with Down syndrome …
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The largest genomic study on type 2 diabetes in Africans to date has recently been published in Nature Communications and reports the most recent findings of the ongoing Africa America Diabetes Mellitus (AADM) study that has been led by Dr. Charles Rotimi for over two decades.
… The largest genomic study on type 2 diabetes in Africans to date has recently … of the ongoing Africa America Diabetes Mellitus (AADM) study that has been led by Dr. Charles Rotimi for over two … study, co-first-authored by Dr. Adebowale Adeyemo of NHGRI/NIH and Dr. Norann Zaghloul of the University of Maryland …
Clinical Research
The Protocol Service Center provides assistance in the development and administration of study protocols requiring NIH Institutional Review Board approval.
… Center (PSC) provides protocol navigation assistance to NIH investigators and staff in the development and administration of study protocols that require NIH Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. … to NHGRI investigators who present their protocols to the NIH IRB . The NHGRI PSC may be available to investigators in …
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NIH issues a final Genomic Data Sharing policy to speed the translation of data into knowledge, improve health and protect patient privacy.
… NIH Office of Communications … The National Institutes of Health has issued a final NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) policy to promote data sharing … in the Federal Register Aug. 26, 2014 and published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts Aug. 27, 2014. … Jan. 25, 2015, receipt date, the policy will apply to all NIH-funded, large-scale human and non-human projects that …
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NIH-led study finds genetic markers that explain up to 12% of the differences between two people’s blood pressure.
… NIH-led study finds genetic markers that explain up to 12% of the … to influence a person’s blood pressure. Results of the study also point to several specific genomic loci that may be … ancestry, which was confirmed through analyzing data from NIH’s All of Us Research Program, a nationwide effort to …
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National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish through cell regeneration. The study may inform the development of treatments for hearing loss in humans.
… Study shows the role of transcription factors in facilitating … Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, led the study in collaboration with researchers Ivan Ovcharenko, … mystery that many scientists would like to unravel.  “Our study identified two families of transcription factors that …
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NIH is awarding $18.9 million towards research that aims to accelerate the use of genome sequencing in clinical care for all individuals.
… The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is awarding $18.9 million towards research that aims to … and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), both part of NIH. The new grants will support the development of methods … such as those from the NHGRI Intramural CLINSEQ® study. The clinical sites - all with a goal of recruiting at …
Research Funding
Instructions for how to use NIH RePORTER to generate a list of active NHGRI grants.
… NHGRI active grants and projects, as well as all NIH-supported grants and projects, are available through the NIH RePORTER  system. The instructions below explain how to use NIH RePORTER for a list of NHGRI Active Grants/Projects. … Go to the NIH URL: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm  (Opens …
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NIH researchers have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy.
… National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, published their research in the Jan. 20, 2015, online … NHGRI Scientific Director Dan Kastner, M.D., Ph.D. "This study is an important step in developing gene therapies that … NHGRI is one of the 27 institutes and centers at the NIH, an agency of the Department of Health and Human …