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Policy Issues
Patients with genetic disorders and members of the public have diverse about germline genome editing.
… Patients with genetic disorders and members of the public, both in the United … genome editing should be used to prevent or treat genetic disorders. … Patients, patient advocates, and families of patients with genetic disorders have diverse views on whether germline genome …
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.
… the clinical relevance or validity of genes in genetic disorders for use in precision medicine and research. A  … genes reported to be associated with long QT syndrome, a congenital heart condition that predisposes patients to … Research Genomics experts dispute nine genes linked to congenital heart condition Notable accomplishments in genomic …
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.
… rhombomere 4 motor neurons and cause dominant hereditary congenital facial paresis Tenney et al. Nature Genetics . 2023 Jun;55, 1149–1163 PMC10335940   Hereditary congenital facial paresis type 1 (HCFP1) is rare disorder in …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the keynote speaker at the institute's annual symposium, Kate Rubins, a biologist and NASA astronaut who was the first person to sequence DNA in space.
… these regions may also provide insight to other disorders related to nutritional stress, such as cancer. …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2018 edition of The Genomics landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights five new educational videos that use poetry and dance.
… Health NIH Common Fund's Kids First WGS Data for Congenital Cranial Dysinnervation Disorders Available NIH Institutes Create Online Omics …
News Release
Today, we are updating the way we manage data related to the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy.
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.
… Mendelian Genomics, Whole Genome Sequencing in Psychiatric Disorders, Convergent Neuroscience, the Genotype-Tissue …
Research Funding
The following are research areas of interest that have been identified by the participating NIH institutes and centers (ICs). Program Officer contact information is also included.
… genome editing for correcting heritable traits and genetic disorders that impact diseases relevant to NIAID’s mission … technologies to diagnose and treat benign gynecologic disorders and fertility-related disorders. Use of polygenic risk scores in preimplantation …
Staff
Dr. Chris Gunter is a senior advisor to the NHGRI director on genomics engagement.
… attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and anxiety disorders differentially affect males and females with … in the SPARK Cohort.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.  2020. [ PubMed ] Fombonne E, Goin-Kochel RP, …
Event
On October 25-29, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will participate in the ASHG Annual Meeting - the world's largest human genetics and genomics meeting and exposition.