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A frameshift mutation is a type of mutation involving the insertion or deletion of a nucleotide in which the number of deleted base pairs is not divisible by three.
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Dr. Heidi Sofia served as a program director in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute from 2010-2023.
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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a new precision health research program within its Division of Intramural Research.
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John Ohab, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and science communicator, has been named chief NHGRI's Communications and Public Liaison Branch.
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NIH will hold a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" with members of its NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
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Dr. Belen Hurle is an associate investigator in NHGRI's Division of Intramural Research, an educational outreach specialist in the Education and Community Involvement Branch and a training program coordinator in the Intramural Training Office.
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NHGRI seeks to identify outstanding tenure-track or tenure-eligible investigators for the newly established Center for Genomics and Data Science Research (CGDSR) within the Division of Intramural Research, located in Bethesda, Maryland.
… with no discrimination for non-merit reasons such as race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national …
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Dr. Charles Rotimi is the scientific director of and NIH Distinguished Investigator in the Division of Intramural Research. He also serves as the director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH).
… with particular emphasis on populations of African ancestry. The Africa America Diabetes Mellitus (AADM) study, … funding to study physicians' assumptions on genetics and race/ethnicity in the treatment of hypertensive AA on … knowledge is used in clinical decision-making and how race is used by physicians when prescribing drugs. Scientific …
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A mutation is a change in a DNA sequence. Mutations can result from DNA copying mistakes made during cell division, exposure to ionizing radiation, exposure to chemicals called mutagens, or infection by viruses.
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Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.