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Dr. Tyra Wolfsberg is the associate director of the Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… Dr. Wolfsberg is the associate director of NHGRI's Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core. Her research program focuses … bench biologists can quickly and easily obtain results for their large-scale experiments. She has collaborated with … experimentally generated sequences to a genome and then compare the positions of interest to the coordinates of …
Media Availability
Researchers have created a promising new method to accurately and more comprehensively analyze and interpret DNA sequence information from cancer patients.
… have created a promising new method to accurately and, in some cases, more comprehensively analyze and interpret DNA sequence information from cancer patients. … developed an algorithm that sorts out genomic mutations and variations and ranks them according to their clinical and …
For Patients and Families
​Pharmacogenomics combines the science of how drugs work, called pharmacology, with the science of the human genome, called genomics.​
… The FAQ contains outdated information. Please refer to the Pharmacogenomics Fact Sheet for more up-to-date information.  Pharmacogenomics uses … to choose the drugs and drug doses that are likely to work best for that particular person. This new field combines the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green announces the appointment of Dr. Adam Phillippy as the founding director of the Center for Genomics and Data Science Research (CGDSR).
… genomics advances! Last year ended with exciting news from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which approved two gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease. About 100,000 … recording of that discussion is also available . All the best,  …
News Release
Three research teams funded by NIH gather data at the most basic molecular levels about the biological processes that make up the human microbiome.
… long ago, researchers thought that if they could identify the tens of thousands of microbial species that live in or on human beings - the human microbiome - they would find therapies for a host of diseases. As it turned out, the problem isn't … Now, in the second phase of the Human Microbiome Project, three …
eMERGE
Important information about RFAs, upcoming dates, frequently asked questions and helpful links.
… about RFAs, upcoming dates, frequently asked questions and helpful links. … 2019, NHGRI held a pre-application interactive Q&A webinar for the eMERGE Genomic Risk Assessment and Management Network … assessment must include a genomic risk management plan. The risk management plan can include original research …
News Release
NHGRI researchers collaborated with physicians and medical geneticists worldwide to create the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations.
… Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have collaborated with physicians and medical geneticists around the world to create the Atlas … and by continental ancestry, so a health care provider can compare their patient to someone of similar ancestral origin. …
Fact Sheet
mRNA vaccines inject cells with instructions to generate a protein that is normally found on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
… to generate a protein that is normally found on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.  The protein that the person … to the virus, their immune system will recognize the virus and respond to it.  mRNA vaccines are safe and cannot alter … DNA, which is stored in a cell’s nucleus, encodes the genetic information for making proteins. mRNA transfers a …
News Release
Mothers may be able to reduce guilt over their children's inherited obesity guilt by being more careful in the future about their children's diet.
… discussing weight loss with their overweight patients - for fear of alienating the patients or being ignored - two recent research studies suggest that doctor-patient talks about the genomic underpinnings of obesity can pay off. … mothers may make those mothers feel guilty for passing the condition on to their children. That's according to one …
Research Funding
Polygenic RIsk MEthods in Diverse populations (PRIMED) Consortium will work together to develop and implement approaches to integrating extant genotype and phenotype data for the purpose of conducting and disseminating Consortium-wide PRS analyses.
… Ramsay, Bamidele Tayo Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Methods and Analysis for Populations of Diverse Ancestry — Study Sites University … Nancy Cox Polygenic Risk Scores and Health Disparities: The Role of Blood Cells Immune Response and Evolutionary … Members of the Polygenic RIsk MEthods in Diverse populations …