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Fact Sheet
Genomic research has been central to understanding and combating the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic.
… Key Points: Genomic research has been central to understanding and … reduced the cost and increased the speed of genetic and genomic sequencing, enabling the rapid pivot towards COVID-19 … PCR Testing … Understanding COVID-19 PCR Testing … Genomic research has been central to understanding and …
Outreach
The USA Science and Engineering Festival is an opportunity to take part in hands-on genetics and genomics activities.
Media Advisory
NHGRI memorializes genomics champion Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.) with an annual National DNA Day lecture named in her honor.
Policy Issues
NHGRI has created the IDE Greenhouse as an educational resource to help increase understanding of the regulation in the genomics context.
… FDA considers next-generation sequencing (NGS) and other genomic tests to be in vitro diagnostic devices (IVDs), a type of medical device. As genomic technologies continue to enter the clinical realm, … Sometimes, the applicability of IDE regulation to genomic tests can be difficult to interpret because the …
Policy Issues
Synthetic biology is a field of science that involves redesigning organisms for useful purposes by engineering them to have new abilities.
Organization
NHGRI is the driving force for advancing genomics research at the National Institutes of Health, the world's largest biomedical research agency.
Outreach
National DNA Day commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953.
… to learn about and celebrate the latest advances in genomic research and explore how those advances impact their …
Fact Sheets
DNA sequencing determines the order of the four chemical building blocks - called "bases" - that make up the DNA molecule.
… Cancer Institute, is using DNA sequencing to unravel the genomic details of some 30 cancer types. Another National …
News Release
NHGRI hosted a CRISPR "Ask Me Anything" with Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., reaching 10.5 million people worldwide.
… with program directors for the Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) Research Program in NHGRI's Division … Science AMA, CRISPR, CRISPR-Cas9, Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science, CEGS, Lisa Brooks … NHGRI hosted a CRISPR …
For Teachers
A microbiome is all of the genetic material found in a microbe, such as a bacterium, fungal cell or virus.