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The Genomics Landscape
In the November 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the important genomics legacy of the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) program as it comes to an end.
… in genomics and health sciences to understand the genetic and environmental contributions to health and disease … major African health challenges. This includes the use of genetic, clinical, and epidemiologic methods to identify …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… to develop new and more powerful ways to assess people’s genetic risk for developing various diseases. One approach … interpreted. The use of polygenic risk scores (also called genetic scoring and genetic risk scoring) is becoming more widespread both in the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the keynote speaker at the institute's annual symposium, Kate Rubins, a biologist and NASA astronaut who was the first person to sequence DNA in space.
… have formed a network called KwashNet to conduct the first genetic studies on the development of kwashiorkor. They hope … on the new webpage on genome.gov . …   November 14 was Genetic Counselor Awareness Day, a time to recognize genetic counselors and the vital work they do. For patients …
The Genomics Landscape
In April 6, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about how NHGRI will hold a symposium on National DNA Day, April 25, highlighting relevant and interesting topics in genomics and concluding with the annual Louise M. Slaughter National DNA Day Lecture.
… researchers sampled over 300 dogs to characterize their genetic ancestry and found large, complex families of dogs … provided the most fundamental knowledge about the human genetic blueprint and produced a framework of knowledge for … ecosystem. … Genomics Research Researchers study enhanced genetic animal model of Down syndrome Extremely rare gene …
News Release
Charles Rotimi, Ph.D., was awarded the Academy Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Science by the New York Academy of Medicine. This honor, established in 1929, recognizes investigators with sustained and impactful accomplishments in biomedical research and an interest in translating these findings to advance human health.
… Medicine honors NHGRI Scientific Director for advances in genetic epidemiology and efforts to enhance the diversity of … with a focus on the African Americans and Africans. As a genetic epidemiologist and genomics researcher, Dr. Rotimi … traits and uncovered ways in which ancestry can influence genetic findings. Over the last several decades, Dr. Rotimi …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., introduces us to new scientific director Charles Rotimi, Ph.D., his background and prior accomplishments.
… of human disease on the African continent. As a leading genetic epidemiologist and genomics researcher with expertise …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes James Thomas as the new director for NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… tandem repeats. These types of repeats have been linked to genetic predispositions for certain cancers, and being able … contributes to disease and inform the development of new genetic testing methods.    This research was funded by the … collaborations facilitated by NHGRI.   … Genomics Research Genetic carriers for sickle cell disease have higher risks of …
News Release
Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene.
… of all humanity, to which all humans can trace their genetic origin,” said Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., … of Africans offers important opportunities to understand genetic variation across all human populations.”  To better … technology to understand, diagnose and treat genomic and genetic diseases. Additional information about NHGRI can be …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green describes the evolution of the NHGRI Intramural Research program over the last three decades talks about its future in conducting truly exceptional basic, translational, and clinical genomics research.
… topics such as rare diseases and direct-to-consumer genetic testing. If you missed it, recorded videos of the … human body contain the same exact DNA, which provides the genetic instructions for producing the proteins essential for … for studies aiming to understand traits informed by many genetic factors and disease development.   This research was …
News Release
Researchers have released a new high-quality collection of reference human genome sequences that captures substantially more diversity from different human populations than what was previously available.
… inequities in genomic analyses. For example, predicting a genetic disease might not work as well for someone whose … a co-author of the main study. “For example, predicting a genetic disease might not work as well for someone whose …