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Researchers have created a promising new method to accurately and more comprehensively analyze and interpret DNA sequence information from cancer patients.
… (NHGRI), and the National Cancer Institute, both part of the National Institutes of Health, in addition to other organizations. Investigators … families, through research into prevention and cancer biology, the development of new interventions, and the …
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Four NHGRI researchers share the steps toward a career in genomics with 60 Brooklyn-area high school students.
… John Daniels … Keisha Findley's high school biology teacher made science fun and interesting, inspiring her to pursue a career in science. Instead of becoming a physician as she'd planned, Dr. Findley is a … Bishop , laboratory technician, Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, NHGRI, who works on various research projects …
FAQ
On November 8-9, 2023, NHGRI sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD. The following questions were answered during the meeting.
… Effectiveness Models of PRS that use them in isolation, not considering the scores in the context of non-genetic risk factors as a part of genetically informed risk assessment, may not reflect the …
Policy Issues
The 9 steps a bill can go through before becoming a law, using the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 as an example.
… a bill can go through before becoming a law. The history of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act  (GINA), a law that was passed in 2008 and impacts the field of genomics, provides an excellent example of the legislative process in action. … Step 1: The bill is …
Clinical Research
GENE-FORECAST® is developing a community cohort and resource for defining the significance of ancestry-related genomic variation in African-Americans.
… Environmental Factors and the Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease in Africans Americans Study … science resource for defining the biological significance of ancestry-related genomic variation in African-Americans. … … effect of the DNA variant of interest on human systems biology. In some cases family members of the proband may also …
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NIH researchers have created a data resource show how differences in an individual's genome can affect gene activity and contribute to disease.
… Benowitz … Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project have … open new avenues to the study and understanding of human biology. … GTEx investigators reported initial findings from … May 8 in the journals Bioinformatics , PLoS Computational Biology and Genome Research . This work was supported by the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, recaps the April 2023 virtual reunion of the leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers (G5), where they tell the untold story on how they ushered the Human Genome Project across the finish line in 2003.
… NHGRI will reach another of its many celebrated ‘odometer moments’ this month! The 100th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research … 2023. Three times a year, NHGRI convenes NACHGR, a group of leading genomics experts who advise the institute about …
Fact Sheets
Un transcriptoma es una colección de todas las lecturas de genes presentes en una célula​​. ​
… Institutos Nacionales de la Salud ( National Institutes of Health , NIH), ha participado en dos proyectos que crearon … y la Enciclopedia de los Elementos del ADN ( Encyclopedia of DNA Elements , ENCODE). GTEx está creando un catálogo de … Europeo de BiologÃa Molecular ( European Molecular Biology Laboratory ) cuentan con bases de datos de expresión …
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NHGRI researchers and colleagues are calling for health disparities research that focuses on the microbiome.
… -- the negative health outcomes that impact certain groups of people - and the microbiome - the microorganisms that live … including shorter life expectancy and higher rates of cancer and infant mortality, persist among people of diverse ancestries and homelands despite decades of health …
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Cari Young and Julie Nadel join NHGRI as public policy and education fellows.
… developed an interest in genetics in her high school AP biology class. "I was drawn to the puzzle of inheritance, and the inherent logic to how traits are … squares were logical and satisfying puzzles in high school biology," said Dr. Nadel. "Even while studying …