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Event
NHGRI is hosting a workshop - Identifying Research Priorities to Accelerate genetic Diagnosis - on April 16-17, 2024.
… of Pennsylvania 12:00 PM - Lunch 1:00 PM – Session 3: Genetics, it’s Complicated Moderator: Jennifer Troyer, NHGRI …
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 …
Research Funding
The GREGoR (formerly the Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium) is aimed at significantly increasing the proportion of Mendelian disorders with an identified genetic cause through enhanced data sharing, collaboration and an increased focus on the application of new technologies, sequencing strategies and analytical approaches.
… RFA-HG-20-007 : Mendelian Genomics Research Centers (U01 - Clinical Trial Optional)   RFA-HG-20-008: Mendelian Genomics Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)   … Overview … Events … Funding … … Program Analysts … Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetics of Rare Diseases … The GREGoR Consortium is aimed at …
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.