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NIH programs are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling use in medicine and research.
… Institutes of Health are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling their use in genomic medicine and research. NIH's Clinical Genome Resource … in concert to advance knowledge connecting human genomic variation to human health. … Advancing Knowledge of Human …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details NHGRI's new Diversity in Genomics Workforce Initiative.
… on increasing the diversity of the next generation of genomic researchers. The NHGRI Diversity Action Plan (DAP) … initiatives, including the Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science, genome-sequencing centers, and model … potentially increasing the scientific impact of individual studies. A new Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) …
Clinical Research
This team-based clinical service os provided by NHGRI to Intramural Investigators employing exome/genome sequencing.
… Secondary Findings, Genetic Variant, Gene Variant, Gene Variation … This team-based clinical service os provided by …
Clinical Research
NHGRI researchers work with patients and families to explore how genes cause or influence diseases, and develop more effective diagnostics and treatments.
… in individuals with mitochondrial disease. … Clinical studies give us a better understanding of how genes can cause … Genetic Studies of Lysosomal Storage Disorders Genetic Variation Physicians' Understanding of Human Genetic Variation Growth Disorder Study of Proteus Syndrome and …
Genomics and Medicine
The NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group has compiled a list of interesting advances.
… The NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group  (GMWG) is compiling a list of … interesting advances and helpful educational resources in genomic medicine. To submit notable accomplishments for … GMWG published the following notable accomplishments: 2023 Genomic Medicine Year in Review 2022 Genomic Medicine Year in …
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Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network identify novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma.
… the most common subtype of lung cancer. Knowledge of these genomic changes may expand the number of possible therapeutic … Green, M.D., Ph.D. "These results give us important new genomic insights into the development and behavior of an … to secondhand smoke. In addition to the two lung cancer studies, the TCGA Research Network has generated data and …
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NIH grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, manage heart disease and guide cancer clinicians to the most effective drugs.
… beyond the academic medical center and explore the use of genomic medicine in community-based clinics and primary care … Two grants focus on the use of pharmacogenomics, which studies how a patient's genetic make-up affects drug responses. A third grant examines the role of genomic information in diagnosing and treating inherited …
The Informed Consent Resource
Explore genomics-relevant considerations for informed consent and guidance on how to approach them.
… form should reflect the research uses for which samples, genomic data, and health information might be shared. … to obtain consent for future uses and broad sharing of genomic and phenotypic data. For more information on genomic … data use is consistent with those choices. For genomic studies involving the use of previously collected samples, …
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NHGRI hosts a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" about using virtual reality to study a host of questions about the human genome.
… three decades, NHGRI has been focused on understanding how genomic variation contributes to health and disease in all … diverse and underrepresented populations in genomics-based studies, a recent analysis found that individuals of European …
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NHGRI researchers have discovered that Mediterranean populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease because of evolutionary pressure to survive the bubonic plague.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … Genomic variants that cause common periodic fever have spread … National Institutes of Health, determined that specific genomic variants that cause a disease called familial … ways. For example, they can influence some of the genomic variation that accumulates in human populations over time. …