Search Results
News Release
NHGRI has awarded the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) a five-year, $7.1 million contract to support a new Genomics and Public Service Fellowship Program, which will provide early-stage professionals with experience in a range of genomics careers.
… (ASHG) a five-year, $7.1 million contract to support a new Genomics and Public Service Fellowship Program, which … communications, policy and scientific program areas. This new ASHG-NHGRI fellowship program will provide novel training … communications, policy and scientific program areas. This new ASHG-NHGRI fellowship program will provide novel training …
News Release
A new study offers insights into why some people's hair goes gray in response to a serious illness or chronic stress.
… A new mouse study offers insights into why some people's hair … the invaders. The researchers found that the MITF/em> gene downregulates the innate immune system's interferon … as melanocyte stem cells, hair graying results. "This new discovery suggests that genes that control pigment in …
Educational Resources
A promoter is a sequence of DNA needed to turn a gene on or off.
… A promoter is a sequence of DNA needed to turn a gene on or off. … Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Enzyme, Gene, Gene Expression, Gene Regulation, Messenger RNA (mRNA), … as related to genomics, is a region of DNA upstream of a gene where relevant proteins (such as RNA polymerase and …
News Release
NHGRI has selected Adam Phillippy, Ph.D. as the founding director of the new Center for Genomics and Data Science Research within the Institute’s Intramural Research Program.
… Adam Phillippy, Ph.D. as the founding director of the new Center for Genomics and Data Science Research within the … that captures more human diversity. “Adam’s vision for our new Center will uniquely position NHGRI to lead the … a larger set of local experts.  Adam’s vision for our new Center will uniquely position NHGRI to lead the …
News Release
NIH will award $38.5 million over five years to the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) project, which aims to build a widely available resource of human developmental gene expression in a multitude of tissues for use in basic and clinical research.
… The project will increase our understanding of how gene expression is regulated over time. … of high-quality tissue samples and information on gene expression — important resources that scientists needed … by NHGRI) Nenad Sestan, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (funded by NHGRI, NINDS, NIMH) …
News Release
Researchers from NHGRI, Oxford University and other National Institutes of Health centers have developed and tested a new method to predict hospital-acquired infections involving five other important pathogens.
… Institutes of Health centers developed and tested a new method to predict hospital-acquired infections involving … on the duration of exposure to known or suspected cases, new cases could be caught up to a day before they actually … A new tool to prevent the spread of hospital-acquired …
Outreach
National DNA Day commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953.
… the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. … completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. The National Human … the completion of the human genome project in 2003 and the discovery of the double helix in 1953. DNA Day’s mission …
Educational Resources
A complex disease is caused by the interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors.
… Genes, Cancer, Heart Disease, Gene-environment Interactions … that is more directly caused by mutations in a single gene. Common examples of complex genetic diseases include …
Research Funding
​The Undiagnosed Diseases Network accelerates discovery and innovation in how we diagnose and treat patients with previously undiagnosed diseases.
… prepared to investigate the pathophysiology of these new and rare diseases. In 2008, the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases … medical centers around the United States. In 2018, new awards expanded the UDN from seven to 12 clinical sites, … and self-sustained network that fosters scientific discovery and provides expert diagnostic services for …
Fact Sheets
A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell.
… A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell. … words, copied - into RNA ( ribonucleic acid ) . These gene readouts are called transcripts, and a transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell. There are various kinds of …