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Microarray technology is a general laboratory approach that involves binding an array of thousands to millions of known nucleic acid fragments to a solid surface, referred to as a “chip.”
… Microarray Technology … Microarray technology is a general laboratory approach that involves … to a solid surface, referred to as a “chip.” … Microarray Technology, Genes, DNA Sequence, RNA, DNA, Laboratory …
Educational Resources
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is federal legislation that makes it unlawful to discriminate against individuals on the basis of their genetic profiles in regard to health insurance and employment.
… Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) … The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is federal … in regard to health insurance and employment. … Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, GINA, Federal Legislation, …
Research Funding
The Genome Technology Program is refining current technologies to increase efficiency and decrease cost while maintaining or improving data quality.
… The Genome Technology (GTP) program at NHGRI supports research to … resources to share with the community, and disseminates information about program advances. More information about the coordination efforts and currently …
Fact Sheet
Informed consent is more than a form; it’s a process. What does it involve?
… careful explanation about how the participant’s genomic information will be used during and after the study, as well … challenging to convey. With advances in genome sequencing technology, increased data sharing and concerns around … that must be met during this process are: providing key information. confirming the participant understands the …
Educational Resources
Ancestry-informative markers are sets of polymorphisms for a DNA sequence found in different frequencies between populations from different geographical regions.
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… risk score webpage , which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores and more! … diabetes, and depression. Such methods take into account information about variants across a person’s genome, … Director on human gene editing: 'We must never allow our technology to eclipse our humanity' Genome: Unlocking Life's …
Funded Research
The Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (AGMR) program stimulates innovation and advance understanding of when, where and how best to implement the use of genomic information and technologies in clinical care.
… for African American Communities **Past Grantees More information about AGMR’s funded projects is available in … when, where and how best to implement the use of genomic information and technologies in clinical care. … Advancing … when, where, and how best to implement the use of genomic information and technologies in clinical care. … The …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., emphasizes the importance of the Technology Transfer Office and its mission to manage all the legal negotiations that help to protect federally funded research from being unduly exploited, while also giving that research avenues to reach patients through the commercialization of promising advances.
… to NIH intramural researchers for exploration of genotype information through the relatively new Reverse Phenotyping … on earth!     …   Claire Driscoll, director of NHGRI's Technology Transfer Office (TTO), often exhorts one of her … NHGRI program officers, their expertise, and their contact information, or specifically search by scientific area. … …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how NIH is ramping up research on COVID-19; NHGRI's expansion of its Genome Technology Program; and the the DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit.
… genomic studies have the potential to yield valuable information that will aid efforts to prevent, diagnose, … related to bioethics, the use of electronic health record information, population tracking, genetic epidemiology, and … and commercialization of rapid diagnostic testing technology for COVID-19. The initiative is designed to …
Research Funding
The $1,000 Genome Program was a coordinated effort to support the development of technologies to dramatically reduce the cost of DNA sequencing, a move aimed at broadening the applications of genomic information in medical research and health care.
… a move aimed at broadening the applications of genomic information in biomedical research and health care. Some of … which culminated in 2014, are described in Nature : “Technology: The $1,000 Genome.” The history and achievements … a move aimed at broadening the applications of genomic information in medical research and health care. … The $1,000 …