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News Release
NIH will hold a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" with members of its NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… What are the ethical implications of using genomic information to help manage the prevention, control and … - to study the potential societal implications of genomic information and research. Image credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI … genetic tests, or questions that arise from using genomic information in medical care. This program is especially …
Policy Issues
Patients with genetic disorders and members of the public have diverse about germline genome editing.
… about two-thirds of U.S. adults have worries about the technology. Pew also found: The public is about evenly … " What's happening in genome editing right now ?" for more information on the summit. … [1] H.R.2029 - 114th Congress …
Policy Issues
Genome editing is currently being applied to research on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease areas.
… characteristics, such as athletic ability or height. More information about the ethical concerns around genome editing … edits, and their effects are still unknown, even for a technology like CRISPR that is many times more precise than …
About Genomics
In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished two years ahead of schedule and at a cost less than the original estimated budget.
… RNA, or mRNA, the molecule in the cell that takes information from protein-coding DNA - the genes - to the … scientists use enzymatic reactions to convert its information back into cDNA and then clone it, creating a …
News Release
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) question advertisements by direct-to-consumer genetic ancestry kits that claim to know what it really means to be American Indian.
… overlapping research interest on the interplay of ethics, technology, and scientific knowledge. Their latest research … purchase the kits to learn more. The kit provides ancestry information and estimates their ethnicity using DNA found in … none of the companies disclosed how they evaluate genetic information in DNA to determine ancestry. Walajahi said the …
About Genomics
The Human Genome Project was an inward voyage of discovery led by an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all the genes of our species.
… first sequence of the human genome – provided fundamental information about the human blueprint, which has since …
Media Advisory
NHGRI hosts a Reddit AMA with Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., and her research group.
… Hosts will answer questions from 1-3 p.m. Eastern. More information : A Reddit AMA is an opportunity to ask … and career development at sites nationwide. Additional information about NHGRI can be found at www.genome.gov . … and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov . … …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life.
… how that organism interprets its genome and uses that information to build and operate itself accordingly? Less … maps. Some maps are very simple; they may represent basic information such as the locations and intersections of roads. … would not give information about how it's used. As genomic technology improved, more complicated maps could be …
Policy Issues
NHGRI has created the IDE Greenhouse as an educational resource to help increase understanding of the regulation in the genomics context.
For Teachers
Lesson plan based on an award-winning DNA from the Beginning website, an animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and heredity.
… . The corresponding concept headings with additional information are located on the Web site under the section … side of the Web page) that they may click on to get the information they need to answer the questions posed in this … DNA molecule is shaped like a twisted ladder. What type of technology helped to show that DNA was shaped like a twisted …