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- Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx)1
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Policy Issues
Genome editing is currently being applied to research on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease areas.
… Genome editing is currently being applied to research on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease areas. … Basic research exploring … need to learn more about how genes are controlled and how variants in these "controlling" regions of the genome are …
Policy Issues
Participating in genomics research is an opportunity to support exploration of the genome and help scientists understand, prevent, detect and treat disease.
… is an opportunity to support scientific exploration of the genome and to help NIH in its mission to understand, prevent, detect and better treat disease. In some cases, research participants may also gain …
About Genomics
NHGRI considers the ethical, legal and social aspect of genomics research in our work, including these key policy issues
… use of genomics in society in order to advance knowledge and ensure that genomics benefits the health of all humans. To do this, we consider the ethical, legal, and social aspect of genomics research in our work, including … Issues in Genomics … NHGRI considers the ethical, legal and social aspect of genomics research in our work, including …
Policy Issues
The Genome Statute and Legislation Database is comprised of state statutes and bills introduced during U.S. state legislative sessions.
… The Genome Statute and Legislation Database is comprised of state statutes and … Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act, GINA, Genetic Disease, Workplace Discrimination, Laws About Genetics, Gene …
Policy Issues
Patients with genetic disorders and members of the public have diverse about germline genome editing.
… Patients with genetic disorders and members of the public, both in the United States and … the world, have diverse views about whether germline genome editing should be used to prevent or treat genetic … patients suffering from conditions such as Huntington disease  believe strongly that it should be used to prevent …
Policy Issues
Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the DNA of many organisms, including plants, bacteria, and animals.
… Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the DNA of many organisms, including plants, bacteria, and animals. Editing DNA can lead to changes in physical traits, like eye color, and disease risk. Scientists use different technologies to do …
Policy Issues
Scientists have edited genomes for many years, but CRISPR technology has improved the speed, cost, accuracy, and efficiency of genome editing
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… Techniques to modify DNA in the genome have existed for several decades, but the conversation about the science and ethics of genome editing has grown louder due to faster, … is connected to physical traits, like eye color, and disease. Researchers funded by the National Human Genome …
Policy Issues
Most ethical discussions about genome editing center on human germline editing because changes are passed down to future generations.
… Most of the ethical discussions related to genome editing center around human germline because editing … has the potential to make such editing more accurate and even "easy" in comparison to older technologies. … when both prospective parents are homozygous  for a disease-causing variant (they both have two copies of the …
Policy Issues
There are laws and policies that serve to protect the privacy of individuals' genomic information.
… applications or other uses. This page summarizes genetic and genomic privacy in these domains, along with information … or other studies on wide-ranging topics such as infectious disease to birth defects. De-identified biospecimens are not … for genetic information, which can be explored in the Genome Statute and Legislation Database . The Common Rule …
Explainer
Appropriate use of population descriptors in research is a critical scientific issue that is important for advancing genomic science and improving healthcare across human populations.
… issue that is important for advancing genomic science and improving healthcare across human populations. Thoughtful … such as using statistics to look at the frequency of DNA variants across the genome. The definitions, measurement, uses and …