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Genomics 101
Find out how the rapidly emerging field of genomics is transforming our understanding of human health and enabling advances that benefit all of humankind.
… and aging. Find out how the rapidly emerging field of genomics is transforming our understanding of human health … offers access to reliable and timely information about genomics research and the human genome. Our resources and … genomic literacy, and foster engagement among learners in different communities. …
Human Genome Project
Record and submit a short video, capturing your thoughts/concerns/excitement about the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… you to help us commemorate and celebrate this occasion in an unconventional way: by pulling out your phone and … of the 2020 Strategic Vision for the next decade of human genomics research in late October. …
News Release
LabGenius, a space-age ballpoint pen embedded with a tiny camera, can record the researcher's every stroke and scribble in the laboratory.
… Ph.D., joined a research team as a doctoral student in genomics, he expected to see advanced technology in the laboratory. Alongside the advanced lab equipment, the … easy to become comfortable with doing things a certain way in the lab, especially when it's something small - like using …
Genomics and Medicine
Starting in 2019, the American Journal of Human Genetics has published an annual feature identifying ten key advances in applying genomic information to clinical care that were reported in the previous 12 months of published literature. The Genomic Medicine Working Group has authored these reviews, based on its broader effort to identify notable accomplishments in genomic medicine on a monthly basis. From this larger set of published accomplishments, the working group has continued to select ten papers annually to be highlighted as the most significant.
…   2024 Year in Review 1. Testing and managing iron overload after genetic … Actionable genotypes and their association with lifespan in Iceland 3. Impact of digitally enhanced genetic results disclosure in diverse families 4. Chronic disease polygenic risk scores …
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 … benefits to society. This contrasts with the standard practice in scientific research of making experimental data … establish rapid prepublication data release as the norm in genomics and other fields. Project leaders reconvene in …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
​Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same.
… Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us … percent the same as all of the humans around you - but in that 0.1 percent difference are many of the things that … have learned that people's genomes differ from each other in all sorts of ways. Those differences in your DNA help to …
For Health Professionals
The ISCC-PEG Pharmacogenomics (PGx) Project Group has developed peer-reviewed online education for healthcare practitioners to advance pharmacogenomics in clinical practice.
… healthcare professionals about what elements are involved in implementing a simple population-focused, pharmacogenomic … Navigating Pharmacogenomics Test Coverage in Medicare Populations Explores key components of Medicare … for healthcare practitioners to advance pharmacogenomics in clinical practice. The activities below can be taken …
About Genomics
NHGRI considers the ethical, legal and social aspect of genomics research in our work, including these key policy issues
… NHGRI is committed to driving the responsible use of genomics in society in order to advance knowledge and ensure that genomics benefits the health of all humans. To do this, we … Policy Issues in Genomics … NHGRI considers the ethical, legal and social aspect of genomics research in our work, including these key policy …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… about the importance of science and its critical role in society, and NHGRI remains more committed than ever to facilitating the use of genomics for addressing all threats to human health – … about an important upcoming historical milestone for genomics: the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human …
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.
… and conducting the planned 2022 research activities. In a bit of additional internal reorganization, NHGRI’s … about how their genomic data will be used and shared. In the clinical setting, where patients are not necessarily … are critical to maintaining the trust of the public in genomics research. Did you know that the top contributors of …