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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.
Event
The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) held its ninth in-person meeting on February 25, 2020, in Bethesda, Maryland.
Event
On May 19-20, 2016, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted a two-day workshop where participants were asked to weigh the benefits and risks of sharing aggregate genomic data with secondary users.
Event
On April 16-17, 2018, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of CHild Health and Human Development (NICHD) hosted a joint workshop - Genomic Medicine for Reproductive, Prenatal and Neonatal Health.
Event
As the National Institutes of Health’s Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) program comes to a close, the NSIGHT program holds a public webinar on June 24, 2019, during its final steering committee meeting.
Event
On March 5-6, 2019, the Genomic Medicine Working Group hosted the Genomics in Health and Wellness Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland.
Health
A polygenic risk score is one way by which people can learn what their risk of developing a disease is, based on the total number of genomics variants related to the disease.
About Genomics
Una introducción a los conceptos básicos en genómica para ayudarlo a comprender su genoma, cómo funciona y cómo afecta su salud.
Policy Issues
There are laws and policies that serve to protect the privacy of individuals' genomic information.
Policy Issues
In 2008, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act was passed into law, prohibiting discrimination by employers and health insurers.