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Graduate Medical Education
An opportunity for a 4-to-8-week elective in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD.
Educational Resources
An inherited trait is one that is genetically determined.
… encoded in DNA and passed from parent to offspring during reproduction. Inheritance is determined by the rules of …
Policy Issues
Most ethical discussions about genome editing center on human germline editing because changes are passed down to future generations.
Genetic Disorders
Down syndrome is a chromosomal condition related to chromosome 21.
Policy Issues
Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the DNA of many organisms, including plants, bacteria, and animals.
Fact Sheet
Diversity among genomics research participants is essential for improving the health of everyone.
… changes. Factors displayed in the graphic include: reproduction, migration and random fluctuations. … The Big …
Event
We invite scholars to submit ideas to be one of six to seven speakers at our symposium, “Irreducible Subjects: Disability and Genomics in the Past, Present, and Future”, with an additional opportunity to join a collected set of papers on the same theme.
About Genomics
A introduction to basic concepts in genomics to help you understand your genome, how it works, and how it impacts your health.
Fact Sheets
Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells.