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The National Human Genome Research Institute will hold the 94th Meeting of National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research from September 13-14, 2021.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute will hold the 94th Meeting of National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research from September 13-14, 2021. … Virtual … …
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The National Human Genome Research Institute will hold the 96th Meeting of National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research from May 16-17, 2022.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute will hold the 96th Meeting of National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research from May 16-17, 2022. Request an …
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The National Human Genome Research Institute will hold the 97th Meeting of National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research from September 19-20, 2022.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute will hold the 97th Meeting of National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research from September 19-20, 2022. Request an …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is illuminating human and family origins at a level not previously possible.
… Genomics is illuminating human and family origins at a level not previously possible. … your ancestors, both near and distant? Advances since the Human Genome Project allow us to compare genome sequences … example, as Drs. Sarah Tishkoff and Carlos Bustamante's research groups showed in 2010 , an African American …
News Release
NHGRI researchers collaborated with physicians and medical geneticists worldwide to create the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes … geneticists around the world to create the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations. Health …
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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.
… that improve health while protecting the privacy of research participants. The final policy was posted in the … date, the policy will apply to all NIH-funded, large-scale human and non-human projects that generate genomic data. This includes …
Policy Issues
There are laws and policies that serve to protect the privacy of individuals' genomic information.
… be respected when their genomic information is used for research, clinical applications or other uses. This page … defects. De-identified biospecimens are not considered human subjects research; therefore, they are not subject to … subjects” to obtain meaningful informed consent from each participant prior to their participation. Investigators must …
The Informed Consent Resource
Explore the basic elements of informed consent that are required by the Common Rule and that are relevant to genomics.
… Regulations require "a statement that the study involves research, an explanation of the purposes of the research..." … Whether researchers will have access to a research participant's medical records and, if so, who and through … from risks: The Common Rule regulations, the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) , institutional human …
Research Funding
A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
… approaches and technologies for multiple disease research communities and the wider biomedical research community. The CCDGs study cardiovascular diseases … contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes. … Research Funding …
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 … to use the pangenome reference resource to improve their research. … For Phase 2 of the HGRP three components were …