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Policy Issues
In 2008, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act was passed into law, prohibiting discrimination by employers and health insurers.
… and cures. This page provides an overview of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and describes what … protections GINA does and does not offer. … The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 protects … Americans from discrimination based on their genetic information in both health insurance (Title I) and employment …
About NHGRI
Search for names, email addresses, phone numbers and other contact information of NHGRI staff.
… names, email addresses, phone numbers and other contact information of staff at the National Human Genome Research … names, email addresses, phone numbers and other contact information of staff at the National Human Genome Research … names, email addresses, phone numbers and other contact information of NHGRI staff. … About NHGRI …
News Release
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network has opened an online patient application portal called the UDN Gateway.
… go to apply.undiagnosed.hms.harvard.edu . For more information about the UDN, including related funding … and career development at sites nationwide. Additional information about NHGRI can be found at www.genome.gov . … A …
Policies and Guidance
Broad data sharing promotes maximum public benefit from federally funded genomics research. NHGRI supports the broadest appropriate genomic data sharing with timely data release through widely accessible data repositories. These repositories may be open access (unrestricted) or, if more appropriate, controlled access.
… data — such as associated phenotype data (e.g., clinical information relevant to the disease under study), exposure data, and descriptive information (e.g., protocols or methodologies used) — are … ) and NHGRI GDS Policy Data Standards  for more information about NHGRI’s guiding principles and expectations …
Educational Resources
A Golgi body, also known as a Golgi apparatus, is a cell organelle that helps process and package proteins and lipid molecules, especially proteins destined to be exported from the cell.
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.
… before becoming a law. The history of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act  (GINA), a law that was … can go through before becoming a law, using the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 as an example. … … can go through before becoming a law, using the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 as an example. … …
Policy Issues
Clinical research may yield new health-related information about volunteers who have chosen to participate in the studies.
… studies, scientists may discover new health-related information about volunteers who have chosen to participate … human genome, there remains much to be discovered. Genomic information is interpreted differently over time as more is … Results … Clinical research may yield new health-related information about volunteers who have chosen to participate …
Health
Genomic medicine involves using genomic information as part of clinical care and the health outcomes and policy implications of that clinical use.
… an emerging medical discipline that involves using genomic information about an individual as part of their clinical … to conduct and then analyze, and because disseminating information and educating healthcare workers about a new … and Medicine … Genomic medicine involves using genomic information as part of clinical care and the health outcomes …
Educational Resources
Pharmacogenomics is a branch of pharmacology concerned with using DNA and amino acid sequence data to inform drug development and testing.
… genomic medicine that involves using a patient’s genomic information to tailor the selection of drugs used in their …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH facilitates understanding of the relationship between genetic variation and population differences in disease distribution to inform health disparities.
… … CRGGH does not keep names and e-mail addresses. This information is only used to respond to questions and then is discarded. The information and e-mail services on this website cannot … condition or treatment. This site provides users with information to help the public better understand genetics, …