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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 …
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.
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A candid and kind genomics pioneer leaves a deep impact on NHGRI and the genomics community.
… Network (eMERGE) , the Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetics of Rare diseases (GREGoR) program . When NHGRI staff … mentor for current and former NHGRI staff. She believed genetics and genomics education should be a foundational part … launch the NHGRI-funded Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetics of Rare diseases (GREGoR) program. Debbie led one of …