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To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score.
… chronic kidney disease, coronary heart disease, asthma and diabetes. Polygenic risk scores are particularly useful for … analyzed disease risk for an ancestrally diverse group of 2,500 individuals. About 1 in 5 participants were found to be … risk scores in the clinic to benefit all people. The 2,500 participants in this study represent just an initial …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the December 2021 NHGRI symposium's success in confronting the difficult pasts of eugenics and scientific racism.
… and emerging genetic and genomic screening technologies; (2) the promises and perils of social genomics, in particular … to the coronavirus spike influences infectivity SARS-CoV-2 may cause fetal inflammation even in the absence of …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green talks about the NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting, which provides a venue to foster support and a sense of community for NHGRI-funded trainees, equipping them with tools for success and more clarity about career possibilities.
The Genomics Landscape
In the March 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the new fact sheets produced by the institute's Communications and Public Liaison Branch.
… RADx-UP community-engaged research on rapid SARS-CoV-2 testing among underserved and vulnerable populations …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, recaps the April 2023 virtual reunion of the leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers (G5), where they tell the untold story on how they ushered the Human Genome Project across the finish line in 2003.
… PMC10335940  Hereditary congenital facial paresis type 1 (HCFP1) is rare disorder in which people have no or … its founding in 2013, ClinGen has received data from over 2,200 contributors from more than 50 countries. ClinGen’s 10 …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 1, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., focuses on the NHGRI History of Genomics Program's preservation of historical assets related to the field of genomics as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
… study finds school-aged children can self-swab SARS-CoV-2 antigen levels linked to patient outcomes Upcoming …
News Release
NIH researchers have developed a breath test that measures how well patients with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) respond to receiving liver or combined liver and kidney transplantation.
… team, with collaborators from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National …
News Release
In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease.
… Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria as part of the Africa America Diabetes Mellitus study.  Charles Rotimi, Ph.D., scientific …
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NIH will fund grants totaling $38 million over five years to develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities.
… numerous conditions, such as coronary heart disease and diabetes, and to identify people who are at high risk. This …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 4, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about the establishment of the Global Biodata Coalition (GBC), which aims to move towards more internationally coordinated, sustainable, and streamlined mechanisms that support the biodata ecosystem.
… point you to his two-part oral history ( part 1 and part 2 ) produced by the NHGRI History of Genomics Program and a … characteristics of the complete set of such resources; (2) overseeing the identification of an initial set of the …