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NIH is awarding $18.9 million towards research that aims to accelerate the use of genome sequencing in clinical care for all individuals.
… that aims to accelerate the use of genome sequencing in clinical care. The new awards will generate innovative approaches and … The research is being funded as part of the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research (CSER2) … could, in fact, integrate genome sequencing into clinical care," said Lucia Hindorff, Ph.D., M.P.H., a program director …
Research Training
The Clinical Center Genomics Opportunity promotes precision medicine and development of infrastructure to support clinical genomics at the NIH Clinical Center.
… The Clinical Center Genomics Opportunity promotes precision … and spurs the development of infrastructure to support clinical genomics in the NIH Clinical Center. … opportunity for the Institutes that participate in the NIH Clinical Center to develop capabilities within their …
Research Funding
ClinGen will advance genomics in clinical care and improve our understanding of phenotypic and functional effects of genetic variants and their clinical value.
… information on only a few genomic variants is used in clinical practice. One factor that limits the clinical use of variant information is the lack of openly … their phenotypic and functional effects and other clinical information. ClinGen investigators are developing …
News Release
Nurses and other health professionals looking to integrate genomics into patient care now have access to an online toolkit with more than 100 resources.
… professionals looking to integrate genomics into patient care now have access to an online toolkit with more than 100 … Developed with input from clinical educators and administrators, The Method for … environment. Its resources can help practicing nurses care for patients undergoing genomic testing and treatments, …
Research Funding
​CSER is rapidly advancing the knowledge necessary to develop best practices for implementating genomic sequence data into clinical care. ​
… Reports of genomic sequencing being applied to the medical care of individual patients are becoming more frequent, but … becomes routine. Evidence regarding the most promising clinical applications and the specific diseases or individual … Incorporation of comprehensive genomic sequence data into clinical care will require changes to institutional policies, …
News Release
NHGRI-funded CSER investigators and colleagues point to need for greater evidence that DNA sequencing helps patients.
… In the nearly four years since its launch, the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) program has … legal and social implications of using genomics in clinical care. … a one-day conference, Integrating Genomic Sequencing into Clinical Care: CSER and Beyond . The meeting focused on the …
For Patients and Families
​Clinical research is research conducted with human subjects, or material of human origin, in which the researcher directly interacts with human subjects.
… Clinical research is research conducted with human subjects, … the researcher directly interacts with human subjects. Clinical researchers at the National Human Genome Research … Clinical research is research conducted with human subjects, … the researcher directly interacts with human subjects. Clinical research helps doctors and researchers to find new …
Clinical Research
NHGRI researchers work with patients and families to explore how genes cause or influence diseases, and develop more effective diagnostics and treatments.
… to define the relationship between infection, immunity and clinical decline in individuals with mitochondrial disease. … Clinical studies give us a better understanding of how genes … tests and treatments. Deciding whether to participate in a clinical study is an important and personal process. Some …
Clinical Research
This study evaluates patients with inherited metabolic disorders and related medical complications.
… The Clinical and Basic Investigations of Methylmalonic Acidemia … in our study, we are not able to "take over" the long-term care of a person with MMA To enroll in our study, a person … to provide a "first time" diagnosis or regular metabolic care. …
Professional Development Programs
The JHU/NHGRI Genetic Counseling Training Program trains students to conduct research and provides clinical rotations to learn about genetic conditions.
… research in the field of genetic counseling and provides clinical rotations for students to learn directly about … Clinical rotations begin in the second quarter of the program … adult, pediatric, prenatal and specialty genetic clinical training sites in the Baltimore-Washington area. In …