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Policy Issues
The GINA is an important U.S. civil rights law that protects individuals from discrimination based on their genetic information.
… Congress in the 1990s at a time when genetic testing and genetics research was taking off at breakneck speed. GINA … diagnose a disease, or they might refuse to participate in genetics research. H.R. 2748 would prohibit insurance … protections against employment discrimination based on genetics. More on that later!   1996 Sen. Olympia Snowe …
Event
The National Museum of African American History and Culture presented an insightful conversation about advancements in genetic research and its implications for ​understanding race.
… Rick Kittles and Vence Bonham on how new findings in genetics tear down old ideas about race, grapple with ​the …
Timeline
A timeline highlighting key moments in the development of eugenics, with a focus on the American eugenics movement.
… claims it is possible to perfect people and groups through genetics and the scientific laws of inheritance. Eugenicists … current and future discriminatory trends that misuse genetics and, through its association, genomics, this … current and future discriminatory trends that misuse genetics and, through its association, genomics, this …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
Event
NHGRI is hosting a pre-application webinar on September 9, 2020 for the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) program funding opportunity announcements (FOAs).
… Genomic Variation on Genomic Function and Phenotype (UM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Application Receipt Date(s): … Defining Genomic Influence on Gene Network Regulation (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Application Receipt Date(s): … and Gene Activity in Relationship to Genome Function (UM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Application Receipt Date(s): …
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NHGRI is hosting a pre-application webinar on September 3, 2020 for the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) program funding opportunity announcements (FOAs).
… Genomic Variation on Genomic Function and Phenotype (UM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Application Receipt Date(s): … Defining Genomic Influence on Gene Network Regulation (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Application Receipt Date(s): … and Gene Activity in Relationship to Genome Function (UM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Application Receipt Date(s): …