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NHGRI researchers and their international collaborators have added Williams-Beuren syndrome to the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations.
… Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute and their international collaborators have added … syndrome to the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations. … By adding highly accurate images and clinical information of diverse people with …
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NHGRI celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Human Genome Project with a "15 for 15" Celebration that commemorates the genomic advances since 2003.
… On April 25th - National DNA Day - the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project. To commemorate this milestone and the genomic advances that have been made since 2003, …
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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 … M.D., and Paul Kruszka, M.D., co-created the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations with …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green reflects on the milestones of the Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) Program as it reaches completion.
… researchers, industry experts, healthcare professionals, and interested members of the public. Specifically, the … variation identification, association, and function in human health and disease. If you are in the Boston area, we welcome … Program events included: a Town Hall at NIH on June 20 and Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Strategic …
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In a new large-scale genetic analysis, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have found set of small RNA molecules, called microRNAs, in human pancreatic cells that are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes.
… NIH study identifies new molecules involved in diabetes. … found a set of small RNA molecules, called microRNAs, in human pancreatic cells that are strongly associated with type … Health, will inform future studies on the early detection and treatment of diabetes. The results were published in …
Staff
Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D., served as the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 2009 to 2025.
… Green, M.D., Ph.D., served as the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the U.S. National … chief of the NHGRI Genome Technology Branch (1996 - 2009) and founding director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center … Programs — such as the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa), and the Human …
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 who need to align and assemble experimental or patient genome sequence data. It … in the ability to detect variation, which could lead to health disparities. For more on the human pangenome, see “ …
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The Human Genome Project has been awarded the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award for ground-breaking advances in the field of medicine.
… The Human Genome Project has been awarded the 2017 Prince Mahidol … Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the institute responsible for leading NIH's effort in the … The Human Genome Project, completed in 2003, was an … research program aimed at the complete mapping and sequencing of the human genome. Its overarching goal was …
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NIH is awarding $5.4 million in first-year funding to establish a new program that supports the integration of genomics into learning health systems. As genomic testing becomes increasingly common, more and more genomic data are available in clinical settings, and learning health systems present an opportunity to translate this evidence quickly and directly into improvements in medical care.
… Network will analyze and improve how genomic information is integrated into … are a type of clinical practice that bridges research and patient care. These systems use a variety of methods to … in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. …
Media Advisory
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host researchers from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, who have now sequenced the remaining 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two decades.
… panel discuss the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome via virtual conference call on March 31. … remaining 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two decades. The … About NHGRI and NIH …