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The Genomics Landscape
In the February 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green spotlights the Genome Statute and Legislation Database, which recently received a major revamp to help researchers, policy analysts, and the public more easily find state-level legislation related to genomics.
… All the best,   … Building a vertically integrated genomic learning health system: The biobank at the Colorado … Colorado; that grant is part of the Investigator-Initiated Genomic Medicine Research Program ( PAR-18-735 ). …   As … in 2014, NHGRI created the  Genome Statute and Legislation Database (GSLD) , which recently received a major revamp to …
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In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease.
… ancestral groups substantially improves identification of genomic variants associated with blood lipid levels. … In a … ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood … Health.    … Sarah E. Graham et al. The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids . …
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NIH researchers and collaborators have found that that sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations.
… trait. People with sickle cell trait have one copy of the genomic variant that causes sickle cell disease, a genetic …
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NIH will fund grants totaling $38 million over five years to develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities.
… calculate polygenic risk scores by comparing the genomic data of people with and without a particular disease. … populations. The new consortium, called PRIMED , will pool genomic information from existing and new datasets to develop … populations. Researchers have used available large-scale genomic datasets to develop the ability to calculate …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
​Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same.
… Project, researchers began developing tools to detect genomic differences between people. When scientists agreed to … new types of variants  within human genomes. Human genomic variation is particularly important because a very … Rick's work has highlighted the beauty in human diversity (much of it caused by genomic variation); you can …
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The NHGRI Short Course in Genomics brings the latest genomics science to the classroom.
… outreach, Carla Easter, Christina Daulton, Belen Hurle, diversity in genomics workforce … The NHGRI Short Course in …
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To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score.
… regardless of genetic ancestry. … To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a … recalibrated these genetic tests using ancestrally diverse genomic data. As reported in Nature Medicine , the optimized … of their genetic ancestry,” said Dr. Lennon. “The diversity of the All of Us dataset was critical for our …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is transforming how we study, diagnose and treat cancer.
… therapy. Such trials are aided by patients who share their genomic data with researchers or even openly with other … cancer than other people. As we learn more about the genomic changes predisposing a person to cancer, we have been … a number of companies who can help if you'd like to have genomic testing for hereditary causes of breast cancer. … You …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium's publishing of a collection of papers that reported the first truly complete sequence of the human genome.
… specifically, the Office of Communications, the Office of Genomic Data Science, and the Training, Diversity, and Health Equity Office.   All the best,     … … used to generate genomic data that will be submitted to a database for future clinical and/or research use. Available …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is altering a genome with unparalleled efficiency and precision.
… introduce mutations at the wrong sites rather than the genomic location being targeted. Many scientists  are working … to couple the malaria-battling mutations with additional genomic changes designed to ensure a rapid spread throughout … controversial. For the first time , we can introduce genomic changes by genome editing and sweep them through …