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- Multi-Omics for Health and Disease (Multi-Omics)1
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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.
… The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, commonly known as GINA, is … individuals from discrimination based on their genetic information. It was first introduced into the U.S. Congress … prohibits health insurers from using someone's genetic information to refuse insurance or charge higher prices, and …
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Join us on Wednesday, May 25, as scholars and scientists answer audience questions and address the complexities surrounding historical and present-day eugenics and scientific racism in the context of existing and developing genetic and genomic screening technologies.
… autonomous, fulfilling lives. Emerging genome sequencing technology may lead to the widespread use of genome … part of the discussion about their genetic and/or genomic information? Do interventions reduce the prevalence of …
Event
On January 25, 2023, the National Human Genome Research Institute will hold a roundtable on social and behavioral genomics.
… Moderator: Ashley Smart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Daniel Benjamin, University of California, Los … the public. Follow #NHGRIevents on social media for more information. Agenda Biographies Additional Resources …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… on Life Sciences and the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment recommend a concerted genome research … Sequencing. They decide that all human genomic sequence information should be made freely available and placed in the … of the human genome in the journal Nature. A wealth of information is obtained from the initial analysis of the …