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Genomics and Medicine
The NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group has compiled a list of interesting advances.
… The NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group  (GMWG) compiles a list of interesting advances and helpful educational resources in genomic medicine. To submit notable accomplishments for consideration to the GMWG, please email: GMWG@nih.gov . …
Genomics and Medicine
A list of interesting advances and helpful educational resources in genomic medicine compiled by the NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group (GMWG).
… Search for specific publications by title, author, category and/or … The NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group  (GMWG) compiles a list of interesting advances and helpful educational resources in genomic medicine. To submit notable accomplishments for …
Genomics and Medicine
Starting in 2019, the American Journal of Human Genetics has published an annual feature identifying ten key advances in applying genomic information to clinical care that were reported in the previous 12 months of published literature. The Genomic Medicine Working Group has authored these reviews, based on its broader effort to identify notable accomplishments in genomic medicine on a monthly basis. From this larger set of published accomplishments, the working group has continued to select ten papers annually to be highlighted as the most significant.
… in diverse families Chronic disease polygenic risk scores for clinical implementation in diverse US populations … inherited retinal disease with gene editing Validation of a clinical breast cancer risk assessment tool for all … … Genome sequencing may be the method of choice for detecting repeat expansion disorders …
News Release
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has long invested in basic genetics and genomics research, clinical trials, as well as translational medicine and social science studies, to advance our understanding of this widespread illness to help develop effective therapies.
… and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients 12 years … of people around the world have  sickle cell disease , a hereditary disease common among those whose ancestors come … directly from people with sickle-cell disease. One of the new sickle cell treatments uses the CRISPR gene-editing …
Event
NHGRI hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting on May 27-29, 2020.
… have insights that could synergistically help to develop a broad suite of novel methods. Activities are designed to update fellow grantees and NHGRI about progress in the field and specific funded projects, facilitate collaborations, and provide a forum that effectively serves the entire set of …
Event
NHGRI hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting on May 25-27, 2021.
… have insights that could synergistically help to develop a broad suite of novel methods. Activities are designed to update fellow grantees and NHGRI about progress in the field and specific funded projects, facilitate collaborations, and provide a forum that effectively serves the entire set of …
Event
The Advances in Genomic Technology Development (AGTD) 2022 Annual Meeting was hosted by the Technology Development Coordinating Center (TDCC) from July 12-14, 2022 at The Jackson Laboratory (Farmington, CT).
… Tuesday, July 12, 2022   Time Topic Speaker 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction Mark Adams, Ph.D. The Jackson … Moderators: Sabrina Krueger, Ph.D., Stowers Institute for Medical Research and Josh Tycko, Stanford University 9:10 … University in St. Louis 2:15 p.m. A Multiplexed in situ Method to Study the Combinatorial Code of Epigenetic Marks in …
Event
The Advances in Genomic Technology Development meeting and Genome Technology Forum were hosted by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Technology Development Coordinating Center (TDCC) at The Jackson Laboratory in Farmington, CT from June 10-13, 2024.
… The Advances in Genomic Technology Development (AGTD) meeting was hosted … to share and discuss key opportunities and challenges for advanced genomic sequencing and synthesis technologies, … the field. The 2024 AGTD meeting also saw the addition of a hybrid open science day on June 10. The event, titled the …
Event
The Advances in Genomic Technology Development (AGTD) 2023 Annual Meeting was hosted by the Technology Development Coordinating Center (TDCC) in-person and virtually from Tuesday, June 6, until Thursday, June 8, at The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, CA.
… Tuesday, June 6, 2023   Time Topic Speaker 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction Mark Adams, Ph.D. The Jackson … of California, Berkeley and Jingtian Zhou, Salk Institute for Biological Studies 8:45 a.m. STAMPing RNA binding … Keynote: Enhancing genome and transcriptome engineering: new approaches, new challenges Prashant Mali, Ph.D. …
For Patients and Families
A list of genetic, orphan and rare diseases under investigation by researchers at or associated with the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Many human diseases have a genetic component. Some of these conditions are under … This list of genetic, orphan and rare diseases is provided for informational purposes only and is by no means … comprehensive. … A genetic disorder is a disease caused in whole or in part by a change in the DNA sequence away from …