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The Genomics Landscape
In April 6, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about how NHGRI will hold a symposium on National DNA Day, April 25, highlighting relevant and interesting topics in genomics and concluding with the annual Louise M. Slaughter National DNA Day Lecture.
… and interpret information coded in the living and evolving genomic history book of billions of individuals from around … held its 12 th annual meeting . ISCC-PEG aims to improve genomic literacy among healthcare providers and enhance the effective practice of genomic medicine by facilitating interactions among the key …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the important genomics legacy of the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) program as it comes to an end.
… for both the new policy and the long-standing NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy; this includes the provision of … of humanity and, therefore, has the largest amount of genomic diversity. However, the genomes of people living in … agreement that this lack of information about African genomic diversity needs to be rectified. H3Africa has been a …
The Genomics Landscape
In May 4, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details a report released by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, that provided a series of recommendations for using population descriptors in future genetics and genomics studies.
… using population descriptors as a proxy to describe human genomic variation. These descriptors have reflected individuals’ nationality, geography, and ethnicity, but genomic variation is complex and fails to track accurately to … in the efficiency, accuracy, and complexity of genomic analyses have been driven by new technological …
About Genomics
February 15, 2021 marks the 20-year anniversary of publications reporting the draft human genome sequence.
… costs, improved diagnosis of genetic disorders and genomic analysis in standard clinical practice. In its 2020 … 2001 publications, the institute aspires to build better genomic technologies and discover new treatment options to …
Fact Sheets
Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment.
… human DNA generated by the Human Genome Project and other genomic research, scientists and clinicians have more … that treatments will be tailored to a patient's particular genomic makeup. Thus, the role of genetics in health care is … to change profoundly and the first examples of the era of genomic medicine are upon us. It is important to realize, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green spotlights on ELSIhub.
… out that we have added a new temporary section to The Genomic Landscape , one that highlights the “Guiding … on January 25, 2023. NHGRI has a long history of sharing genomic data and strongly supports NIH’s in these increased … of people, far from being representative of humanity’s genomic diversity; additionally, it contained hundreds of …
Educational Resources
Teaching tools to present the foundations of genomics to students and help them understand the impact of genomics in their lives.
Educational Resources
The Human Genome Project was an international project that mapped and sequenced the entire human genome.
… as its groundbreaking approach for the free release of genomic data well ahead of publication, leading to a new …
Talking Glossary
Phenotypic variance is the observed variability of a particular trait. For many measurable traits (such as height, skin color, and blood pressure) phenotypic variation can be thought of as a distribution.
… as height, skin color, and blood pressure) phenotypic variation can be thought of as a distribution. … as height, skin color, and blood pressure) phenotypic variation can be thought of as a distribution. The variation within that distribution centers on an average or …
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Estimated cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… sequence to a reference human genome, sequence assembly, genomic variant calling, or annotation. Almost certainly, …