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Healthcare Provider Education Resources
An online repository of peer-reviewed collections of genomics educational materials for genetic counselors, nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, and physicians.
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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.
… making each of us unique. These differences, called genomic variants, occur at specific locations within the DNA. … and guanine, abbreviated with the letters A, T, C and G. A genomic variant occurs in a location within the DNA where … risk score in those populations. This historic lack of diversity in genomic studies is also a concern for other …
For Patients and Families
The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center helps people find useful information about genetic and rare diseases.
GenomeEd
The GenomeEd Review Committee reviews all newly submitted resources to determine if the resource is current, of excellent quality, accurate, created by experts in the field, and focused on genomics education.
Event
The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) will hold its10th annual meeting online on February 16, 2021.
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.
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November is Family Health History Awareness Month! To celebrate, the National Human Genome Research Institute will host several engagement events over social media on Wednesday, November 17.
… in and help amplify our Institute’s mission to increase genomic literacy and family health history awareness. … All …
Event
The 2022 - 2024 Class of ISCC-PEG Scholars provided virtual presentations of the genomics education projects in which they were involved during their two years of participation in the program. Their ISCC-PEG Mentors provided introductions.
News Release
Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) have developed a new statistical model that can predict the risk for developing diseases by combining information about family member health and lifestyle factors from family members.
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Un puntaje de riesgo poligénico es una forma en que las personas pueden conocer cuál es su riesgo de desarrollar una enfermedad, según el número total de variantes genómicas relacionadas con la enfermedad.