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The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the initial sequencing of the human genome.
… D.C. opened the high-tech, high-intensity exhibition Genome: Unlocking Life's Code to celebrate the 10th … of researchers producing the first complete human genome sequence - the genetic blueprint of the human body - in April 2003. …  The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is a collaboration …
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NHGRI will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases.
… … The National Institutes of Health will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will … of common and rare human diseases. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, today … Centers for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG), which will use genome sequencing to explore the genomic contributions to …
Fact Sheets
Comparative genomics is a field of biological research in which researchers compare the complete genome sequences of different species.
… researchers use a variety of tools to compare the complete genome sequences of different species. By carefully comparing … of years - is an important step toward understanding the genome itself. It pinpoints genes that are essential to life … set of functional elements that play a role in regulating genome activity, not just in yeast but across many species. …
Human Genome Project
Video testimonials from prominent members of the genomics community commemorating and celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… Human Genome Project 30th Anniversary Video Selfie Testimonials … … marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project. Prominent members of the genomics community … the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project. … Human Genome Project …
About NHGRI
The Genomic Medicine Working Group explores and advises on issues related to the adoption of genomic medicine.
… a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research that explores and advises on issues related … continue to assist the National Advisory Council on Human Genome Research in advising NHGRI on research needed to …
Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
Discipline-specific genomic competencies are knowledge and skills that a provider needs in order to perform specific functions in genomic healthcare. Competency-based healthcare education is an outcomes-based approach that uses competencies to organize and structure curricula and continuing education.
Policy Issues
Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the DNA of many organisms, including plants, bacteria, and animals.
… Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the … risk. Scientists use different technologies to do this. … Genome editing technologies enable scientists to make changes … add, or replace the DNA where it was cut. The first genome editing technologies were developed in the late 1900s. …
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The NHGRI Short Course in Genomics brings the latest genomics science to the classroom.
… to teachers like Agoos and Lassar. The National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) annual Short Course in … also the same year that researchers completed the Human Genome Project. "The ethos behind the Short Course is to … numerous genetics and genomics topics, including genome sequencing, CRISPR and other gene-editing methods, the …
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The Genomic Data Science Working Group facilitates engagement of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research on genomics and data science issues.
… engagement of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research on complex issues at the interface between … a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research . The working group has been charged with … activities to the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research. View archived GDSWG reports below: February …
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Experts discussed the gaps, challenges and opportunities in genomics at Genomic Medicine Meeting VIII: NHGRI's Genomic Medicine Portfolio, sponsored by NHGRI.
… were among the thorny topics tackled June 8-9 at the Genome Medicine VIII meeting in Rockville, Maryland. … Medicine Portfolio , sponsored by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … NHGRI and the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) play in attempting to bring new …