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Genomics and Medicine
The NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group has compiled a list of interesting advances.
… advances. … Genomic Medicine, Milestones In Medicine, Clinical Implementation Of Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, …
News Release
A new educational resource funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is now available to improve genomic literacy among physicians.
… Kiara Palmer … A new educational resource funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is now available to improve … practices and develop resources in genomic education and clinical care. This new resource builds on a curriculum …
About Genomics
Resources for understanding the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome.
… uncovered the final DNA sequences that make up a human genome. Learn more about this extraordinary achievement. … The Human Genome Project ended in 2003, but genomic researchers had not … yet determined every last base (or letter) of the human genome sequence. Instead, they had only completed about 92% …
News Release
Genomic analyses turned up genes that belong to inflammatory pathways.
… the researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center. … Transformative Research Rohith is just one … taking place at NIH is critical. The same cutting-edge clinical medicine that was used to help Rohith might help … M.D., Ph.D., scientific director of the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Division of Intramural …
Staff
Dr. Benjamin Solomon is the Clinical Director in the Office of the Clinical Director at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Dartmouth. He completed medical training in pediatrics and clinical genetics through a joint Children’s National/National Human Genome Research Institute program. After completing this … bioinformaticists, and bench-based scientists to deliver clinical care and conduct genomic research. In 2016, Dr. …
News Release
NHGRI researchers asked patients, parents and physicians in the sickle cell disease community (SCD) what they wanted and needed to know about genome editing to make informed decisions about participating in genome-editing clinical trials.
… … As public interest and expanded research in human genome editing grows, many questions remain about ethical, … are seriously ill may overestimate the benefits of early clinical trials while underestimating the risks. This makes … informed decisions about participating in genome-editing clinical trials. Gene-editing treatments, which appear to …
Staff
Dr. Oleg Shchelochkov is Director of NHGRI Clinical and Laboratory Residencies and Fellowships, and an Associate Investigator in the Office of the Clinical Director.
… Dr. Shchelochkov is a board-certified pediatrician, clinical geneticist and medical biochemical geneticist, and … NHGRI appointed Dr. Shchelochkov as the new Director of Clinical and Laboratory Residencies and Fellowships. Dr. … publications and book chapters. … Dr. Shchelochkov’s clinical research has focused on understanding the natural …
News Release
Research studies are now using polygenic risk scores to determine a person’s inherited risk for certain diseases, but there are inconsistencies in how these scores are calculated. NHGRI has published guidelines in Nature for how these scores should be reported.
… to compromise the adoption of polygenic risk scores in clinical care. To address this concern, the research teams, funded primarily by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), have published a 22-item … This framework — created by NHGRI’s Clinical Genome Resource's (ClinGen) Complex Disease Working Group  and the …
News Release
Nurses and other health professionals looking to integrate genomics into patient care now have access to an online toolkit with more than 100 resources.
… part of a new website launched by the National Human Genome Research Institute. … Developed with input from clinical educators and administrators, The Method for … and understand how to prepare their workforce for emerging clinical applications. "The MINC toolkit is a starting point …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the new and improved Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms - one of the premier educational resources offered by NHGRI, and it aims to help users better understand the basics of genomics and genetics.
… large-scale sequence datasets. NIH is increasingly hosting genome-sequence datasets and other genomic datasets in cloud … glossary’s terms receive over 70,000 views per month. This resource is filled with definitions, audio recordings, and … of the first researchers to stand up a microbiome-focused clinical protocol at NIH, work that has proven highly …