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Talking Glossary
GMO (short for “genetically modified organism”) is a plant, animal or microbe in which one or more changes have been made to the genome, typically using high-tech genetic engineering, in an attempt to alter the characteristics of an organism.
… Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) … GMO (short for “genetically modified organism”) is a plant, animal or microbe in which one or more … in an attempt to alter the characteristics of an organism. … GMO (short for “genetically modified organism”) …
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.
… of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research Model Organisms in the 20th Century: Historical, Philosophic …
ISCC-PEG
A list of organizations and federal agency partners that have members in the Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG).
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.
… states. Additionally, most state-level legislative databases have limited information available or have barriers …
News Release
UDN expands the footprint of the network with a new metabolomics core and increased model organism capabilities.
… "The UDN is pioneering a new personalized medicine model for helping those patients who have historically been … sequencing, metabolomics and assessing patient variants in model organisms to give clinicians new, powerful information … core at Baylor College of Medicine and the model organism screening center at Baylor College of Medicine and …
Educational Resources
In biology, an organ (from the Latin "organum" meaning an instrument or tool) is a collection of tissues that structurally form a functional unit specialized to perform a particular function.
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NIH awards more than $64 million to for a database of human cellular responses called the Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures or LINCS.
… than 11,000 perturbational conditions in several cellular model systems. Cellular phosphor-signaling and epigenetic …
About NHGRI
Established in 1989, NHGRI collaborates with the scientific and medical communities to catalyze genomic breakthroughs.
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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.
… Institute (NHGRI) have developed a new statistical model that can predict the risk for developing diseases by … used type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) as the disease model for their study. An estimated 30 million people in the … Marcum and his colleagues aimed to create a statistical model that could be used as a general tool for assessing …
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NHGRI researchers are studying the link between Parkinson's disease, and a rare disorder, Gaucher disease, by cross-breeding mice with the disease mutations.
… controlling movement. Midbrain neurons from the new mouse model. The green shows the clumped alpha-synuclein. Image … In the study, the authors used a Parkinson's disease mouse model that carried extra copies of a mutated form of … about the cross-bred mice. Ultimately, this mouse model can be used to develop and evaluate new treatments for …