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Policy Issues
The GINA is an important U.S. civil rights law that protects individuals from discrimination based on their genetic information.
… U.S. Congress in the 1990s at a time when genetic testing and genetics research was taking off at breakneck speed. GINA prevents health insurance companies and employers from requesting that people take genetic tests, …
Jobs at NHGRI
NHGRI is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Genetic Epidemiologist in the Division of Genomic Medicine (DGM). The division focuses on understanding how genomics contributes to human health and disease and how this knowledge can translate into improving the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
… on understanding how genomics contributes to human health and disease and how this knowledge can translate into improving the … will provide scientific expertise in epidemiology, genetics, and related areas to undertake, collaborate, and …
Event
On March 12-16, 2024, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will participate in the 2024 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting - an annual medical and scientific conference continues to provide groundbreaking research and the latest advances in medical genetics, genomics and personalized medicine.
… Bianchi, M.D., NHGRI, Panelist 2024 ACMG Foundation Awards and Presidential Plenary Session: Inquiry and Innovation – How Far Have We Come and How Far Can We Go? … Amyloidosis in the All of Us Research Program Clinical Genetics and Therapeutics Session A March 14, 2024, 4:15 – …
Genetic Disorders
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency is a severe, genetic condition of the immune system.
… (SCID) may be best known from news stories and a movie in the 1980s about David, the Boy in the Bubble, … to life-threatening infections by viruses, bacteria and fungi. Because David's brother had died of the disease, … Immunodeficiency (SCID) Immune Deficiency Foundation Genetics Home Reference: X-Linked Severe Combined …
Jobs at NHGRI
Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute, at NIH.
… in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome … applicant will apply detailed molecular, biochemical, and cellular approaches to functionally evaluate somatic …
Jobs at NHGRI
Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute, at NIH.
… in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome … applicant will apply detailed molecular, biochemical and cellular approaches to functionally evaluate somatic …
Summit
This Summit is a 5-year initiative (2016-2020) designed to help developing nations build and expand their knowledge base, infrastructure, systems, research efforts and technologies in human genetics and genomics.
… has been cancelled. The International Summit in Human Genetics and Genomics began as a 5-year initiative (2016-2020) and has since been designed to help developing nations build …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is ending diagnostic odysseys for patients with rare diseases.
… 80 percent of these rare disorders are genetic in origin, and 95 percent of them do not have even one treatment … by the FDA . The ability to read the human genome quickly and cheaply has led to substantial advances in discovering … - The Gene Doctors Videos American Society of Human Genetics - Rare Disease Diagnosis Through Sequencing & …
Educational Resources
In genomic imprinting the ability of a gene to be expressed depends upon the sex of the parent who passed on the gene.
EDUCATION
The Talking Glossary features more than 250 common genetic terms pronounced and explained in an easy-to-understand way by leading scientists and professionals at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Loading... … Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms … The Talking Glossary features more than 250 common genetic terms pronounced and explained in an easy-to-understand way by leading scientists and professionals at the National Human Genome Research …