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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 …
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 …
Policy Issues
Scientists have edited genomes for many years, but CRISPR technology has improved the speed, cost, accuracy, and efficiency of genome editing
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… Techniques to modify DNA in the genome have existed for several decades, but the conversation about the science and ethics of genome editing has grown louder due to faster, cheaper, and … the popular media tends to focus on the potential use of genome editing in humans, the main application of this …
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 …
About NHGRI
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 …
Office of Genomic Data Science
NHGRI is committed to increase the availability of educational and research opportunities in computational genomics and data science (CGDS).