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Policy Issues
The Genome Statute and Legislation Database is comprised of state statutes and bills introduced during U.S. state legislative sessions.
… The Genome Statute and Legislation Database is comprised of state statutes and bills introduced … states that have enacted legislation on the topics in the database, together with a description of each topic. The Genome Statute and Legislation Database is reviewed and updated monthly. Searchable topics …
Policy Issues
The Genome Statute and Legislation Database is comprised of state statutes and bills introduced during U.S. state legislative sessions.
… The Genome Statute and Legislation Database is comprised of state statutes and bills introduced … legislative sessions. … The Genome Statute and Legislation Database is reviewed and updated monthly. Searchable topics in the database include employment and insurance discrimination, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the March 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details ClinGen, the first FDA-recognized Public Human Genetic Variant Database.
… Resource  under their recent Public Human Genetic Variant Database guidance. This program is part of an  FDA effort  to … research and to develop an expert-curated collection of genomic variant pathogenicity information. ClinGen also … curation approaches and aim to ensure that ancestry and diversity are adequately addressed in the resource. … The …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green spotlights the Genome Statute and Legislation Database, which recently received a major revamp to help researchers, policy analysts, and the public more easily find state-level legislation related to genomics.
… All the best,   … Building a vertically integrated genomic learning health system: The biobank at the Colorado … Colorado; that grant is part of the Investigator-Initiated Genomic Medicine Research Program ( PAR-18-735 ). …   As … in 2014, NHGRI created the  Genome Statute and Legislation Database (GSLD) , which recently received a major revamp to …
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.
… ancestral groups substantially improves identification of genomic variants associated with blood lipid levels. … In a … ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood … Health.    … Sarah E. Graham et al. The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids . …
News Release
NIH researchers and collaborators have found that that sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations.
… trait. People with sickle cell trait have one copy of the genomic variant that causes sickle cell disease, a genetic …
News Release
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.
… calculate polygenic risk scores by comparing the genomic data of people with and without a particular disease. … populations. The new consortium, called PRIMED , will pool genomic information from existing and new datasets to develop … populations. Researchers have used available large-scale genomic datasets to develop the ability to calculate …
Policy Issues
Patients with genetic disorders and members of the public have diverse about germline genome editing.
Event
The Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program is hosting a webinar to gather specific feedback on four potential goals for the field of ELSI research over the next decade.
News Release
The NHGRI Short Course in Genomics brings the latest genomics science to the classroom.
… outreach, Carla Easter, Christina Daulton, Belen Hurle, diversity in genomics workforce … The NHGRI Short Course in …