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Scientists have edited genomes for many years, but CRISPR technology has improved the speed, cost, accuracy, and efficiency of genome editing
… grown louder due to faster, cheaper, and more efficient technologies. … While the popular media tends to focus on the … of genome editing. The history of genome editing technologies shows the remarkable progress in this field and …
News Release
A new genome-based technology for demystifying undiagnosed illnesses - even rare childhood diseases - is moving into general medical practice.
… for physicians to follow when using these exciting new technologies." Several thousand physicians already have … ordered this year, and even more than that next year. "The technologies that were used for the Human Genome Project are … the sequence is just the beginning. We can expect these technologies to help us transition our entire approach in …
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Lectures series that increases understanding of genomics in the scholarly community and presents contemporary research of immediate interest to NHGRI staff.
… Additional Resources … The NHGRI History of Molecular Biology and Genomics Lecture Series emerged out of … of immediate interest to NHGRI staff. … History of Molecular Biology and Genomics Lecture Series … Lectures …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., emphasizes the importance of the Technology Transfer Office and its mission to manage all the legal negotiations that help to protect federally funded research from being unduly exploited, while also giving that research avenues to reach patients through the commercialization of promising advances.
… sometimes dubious world of transferring NHGRI-developed technologies and intellectual property to the private sector. … be creative, stay.” With advanced degrees in both genetics/molecular biology and biotechnology commercialization … such as gene therapies, pharmaceutical drugs, novel technologies, biological materials, and even some animal …
Media Availability
New research provides a better understanding of some of the genetic and cellular changes in pathways and processes involved in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
… Content … Researchers uncover new evidence revealing molecular paths to autism … New research provides a better …
Educational Resources
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is federal legislation that makes it unlawful to discriminate against individuals on the basis of their genetic profiles in regard to health insurance and employment.
News Release
NIH is launching a program, Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells (MorPhiC), to better understand the function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular consequences of inactivating each gene.
… The Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells program will … function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular consequences of inactivating each … the Knockout Mouse Program. Another effort is applying new technologies, genome-sequencing strategies and analytical …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how NIH is ramping up research on COVID-19; NHGRI's expansion of its Genome Technology Program; and the the DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit.
… is designed to support both early innovation and advanced technologies, regardless of their stage in development, to … investigators developing novel synthetic nucleic acid technologies and a coordinating center, respectively. New … applications ( R01s , R21s , and R43/44s ) to develop technologies that will enable substantive improvements in the …
Staff
Dr. Ajay Pillai is a program director in the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… resources. He also co-leads a new NHGRI program, MorPhiC (Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells), that aims in the long-term to develop a consistent catalog molecular and cellular phenotypes for null alleles for every … UCSF. … Biography … Ajay Pillai, Ph.D. … Ajay Pillai, Molecular Libraries Program, NIH Common Fund, mental health, …
Research Funding
The developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression initiative's goal is to catalog and analyze transcriptional profiles from a wide variety of tissues from the pediatric period, including neonates through adolescents, in a post-mortem setting.
… donors. … The main goal of the project is to establish a molecular and data analysis resource as well as a tissue bank …