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A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
… and 125K whole exomes during the life of the program. More information on the CCDGs, including publications, can be … Disease, Rare Disease, Dna Sequencing, Dna Sequencing Technology … A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing …
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National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish through cell regeneration. The study may inform the development of treatments for hearing loss in humans.
… Library of Medicine’s National Center for Biotechnology Information.  “Humans and other mammals are born with a set …
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A simple blood draw is replacing a giant needle to the belly for testing their fetuses for a range of genetic disorders.
… obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) must wrestle with this technology's practical and ethical issues, according to a new … OB/GYNs will be called on to communicate fetal genetic information to parents," said Benjamin Berkman, J.D., M.P.H., … though not available now, will provide much more information than revealed by amniocentesis . That's part of …
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Dr. Laura Koehly is the chief of and senior investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.​
… is particularly interested in how genetic/genomic risk information can be used to activate network processes to … of healthcare services and dissemination of genetic risk information. Ultimately, her research aims to develop … strategies to help families cope with disease-risk information, to increase patients' willingness to share such …
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Dr. Shchelochkov will oversee the research training, fellowship and residency programs at the institute.
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The NHGRI Center for Precision Health Research sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers on research relevant to the use of genomic data and large-scale electronic health record information to improve health.
… of genomic data and large-scale electronic health record information to improve health. Speakers are selected by CPHR … public. Seminar titles and other details are updated as information becomes available. For more information, please contact Les Biesecker at email …
Staff
Dr. Stephanie Morris is a program director in NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences.
… a portfolio of grants focused on high-throughput genomic technology development and functional genomics. She also oversees NHGRI’s Genome Technology program, Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science … and gene expression and extends to interests in technology development and functional genomics. Dr. Morris …
News Release
Researchers build a statistical model using family health history to improve disease risk assessment
Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) have developed a new statistical model that can predict the risk for developing diseases by combining information about family member health and lifestyle factors from family members.
… can predict the risk for developing diseases by combining information from family members about their family health … advance physicians’ ability to use family health history information to assess which conditions with a genetic … Most studies on improving family health history information are piecemeal and specific, relying on models …
News Release
NIH issues a final Genomic Data Sharing policy to speed the translation of data into knowledge, improve health and protect patient privacy.
… Its two-tiered data distribution system has made some information and data available to the public without … accelerate research by combining and comparing large and information-rich datasets." A key tenet of the GDS policy is … expectations provided through accompanying Supplemental Information to the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy.  The NIH …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green provides an update on the final stage of the Genomics2020 strategic planning process; the NIH website for COVID-19 information, the Gene documentary debut on PBS and more.
… diversions. First, anticipating interest in COVID-19 information, one of the stories below describes some useful information sources about the virus and some specific … research training grant Novel synthetic nucleic acid technology development – R43/R44 , R21 and R01 NHGRI …