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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment for progeria, a rare and fatal pediatric disease, characterized by dramatic, rapid aging beginning in childhood.
… Alyssa Jones … Media Availability NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., available to discuss this major advance … at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., is available to discuss his …
Educational Resources
The Human Genome Project was an international project that mapped and sequenced the entire human genome.
… sequenced the entire human genome. … Human Genome Project, Francis Collins, DNA, Genomics, Base Pairs … The Human Genome Project …
About NHGRI
A timeline of notable events in the history of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… first director is James D. Watson**, co-discoverer with Francis Crick of the double-helical structure of DNA. … 1990 … for Human Genome Research is established. April 4, 1993: Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. is appointed director of the National …
News Release
On its 15th anniversary, National DNA Day and NHGRI shared its genomics expertise to explain the importance of genomics in our everyday lives.
… 2018, with National Institutes of Health (NIH) director, Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. He fielded questions from the … Gattaca to the next big thing in genomics . NIH director, Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., answers questions during …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… Cancer Institute (NCI) as acting NCHGR director.  1993 Francis S. Collins is appointed NCHGR director. More + 1993 On April 4, 1993, NIH Director Bernadine Healy appoints Francis S. Collins of the University of Michigan School of …
News Release
On June 26, 2000, nearly 10 years into the 13-year project, President Bill Clinton announced an important milestone for the Human Genome Project at a major White House ceremony.
… human genome.   Standing beside President Clinton was Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., now the National Institutes of Health … "No one got in early. We were all waiting outside, even Francis Collins and Craig Venter, I think," she recalled. …
News Release
NHGRI has created a new publicly available digital archive and search aid for accessing documents related to the Human Genome Project and the history of genomics.
… materials from the Human Genome Project. … … The Francis Collins Collection alone contains digitized files from nearly … make up this unprecedented archival resource, of which the Francis Collins Collection is the largest. Since Dr. Collins …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, recaps the April 2023 virtual reunion of the leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers (G5), where they tell the untold story on how they ushered the Human Genome Project across the finish line in 2003.
… the NHGRI Intramural Research Program in the laboratory of Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. , head of the Molecular Genetics … School of Medicine’s Genome Sequencing Center , and Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. , then NHGRI Director. …
The Genomics Landscape
In the March 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly appointed Dr. Chris Gunter's role as Senior Advisor for Genomics Engagement as well as the 30 oral histories to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… 20th anniversary, did not disappoint, with NIH Director Francis Collins giving the kickoff talk and multiple NHGRI grantees … host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of Francis Collins (current NIH Director), Harold Varmus (former …
Media Advisory
On April 25, 2023, NHGRI will host a symposium to commemorate two special milestones: the 20th anniversary of the Human Genome Project’s completion and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA double helix.
… social media for more information. … Senior Investigator Francis Collins, National Human Genome Research Institute Intramural … genomics — from scientists to social media specialists. Francis Collins will deliver the 2023 Louise M. Slaughter …