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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.
FAQ
On October 10, 2024, NHGRI hosted a pre-application webinar for the Population Genomic Screening in Primary Care NOFOs: RFA-HG-24-021, RFA-HG-24-022, and RFA-HG-24-023. These FAQs contain questions answered during that webinar.
… award. CGs should not budget for DNA extraction.    What clinical variant types will be screened? Specifically, will … CNVs and structural variants be returned?   The type of clinical variants to be screened and returned will be decided … Network-agreed protocols should they be different.   Can Clinical Groups (CGs) offer at-home saliva collection kits?  …
Event
On Tuesday, February 6, 2024, the National Human Genome Research Institute hosted an eConsult webinar to provide an overview of three notice of funding opportunities (RFA-HG-24-001, PAR-24-106 and PAR-24-107). Questions were answered during the webinar.
… teratogenic exposures have traditionally been the part of genetics services, the national MotherToBaby resource already … Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Not Allowed)   PA-23-232 : PHS 2023-2 Omnibus … Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Not Allowed)   PA-23-231 : PHS 2023-2 Omnibus …
FAQ
Questions and answers to help applicants responding to the ML/AI Tools to Advance Genomic Translational Research (MAGen) notice of funding opportunities (NOFOs): RFA-HG-24-004 and RFA-HG-24-005.
… effect predictors within your model.    How integral is clinical expertise to the activities of the NOFO?   Clinical expertise in the proposed disease should be … will be informed by such expertise and have utility in clinical settings in the future.    What are potential …