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Experts from The NHGRI Dog Genome Project turned to Reddit to answer questions as part of an "Ask Me Anything".
… diseases from inbreeding and general lack of genetic diversity. While I understand that this can be avoided …
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NHGRI launched a new round of strategic planning to establish a 2020 vision for genomics research that will accelerate scientific and medical breakthroughs.
… of genome structure and function to the fostering of genomic medicine as a key element of contemporary healthcare. … systems. These include broadly applicable areas, such as genomic technology development; using genomic information in patient care; and the ethical, legal, …
Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
Genomics plays a role in every area of nursing, whether nurses are at the bedside providing one-on-one care, treating entire populations, teaching the next generation of nurses, or making discoveries in the lab.
… by applying individualized information, which includes genomic health information (Essential 2.2i).   Nurses must be … competency is the ability to apply knowledge in practice. Genomic knowledge is defined as genomic literacy, which is required to achieve genomic …
Policy Issues
Genome editing is currently being applied to research on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease areas.
Policy Issues
There are laws and policies that serve to protect the privacy of individuals' genomic information.
… An individual’s privacy should be respected when their genomic information is used for research, clinical … or other uses. This page summarizes genetic and genomic privacy in these domains, along with information on … can be re-identified using genomic data from one such database paired with genealogical databases and public …
Policy Issues
Participating in genomics research is an opportunity to support exploration of the genome and help scientists understand, prevent, detect and treat disease.
… or access to a treatment in development. … A wide range of genomic research studies need participants, each with … important to consider for genomics research since genomic information is hereditary and may reveal information … and Worldwide This is a searchable registry and results database of federally and privately supported clinical trials …
Fact Sheet
Participation in genomics research is essential for improving the health of everyone.
… are more than 99.9% identical among people. The 0.1% genomic differences come from variations among the nearly 3 … research, thereby improving our knowledge of human genomic variation and genomic information for all … African Academy of Sciences.   Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Diversity Consortium (2021 - 2027) The consortium uses …
Policy Issues
Most ethical discussions about genome editing center on human germline editing because changes are passed down to future generations.
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Advances in genomics are reducing the cost of genome sequencing by a million-fold.
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Oral history videos feature conversations with genomics researchers and an interactive discussion with the institute's three directors.
… and other communities by providing freely available genomic tools and resources that are critical to a better …