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NHGRI will host a two-day symposium, on December 2-3, 2021, examining the history of eugenics and scientific racism and their complex legacies in the modern health sciences.
…  All slides are in PDF format. Day One: December 2, 2021 Time Topic/Speaker 10:00 - 10:15 … humans. After all, we are 99.9% the same according to our DNA. And yet, why do these misconceptions continue to … and medicine to help explain. Since its inception, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has funded …
Genomics Teaching Tool
An activity that demonstrates how DNA can be isolated from a strawberry using common household items.
… plants, animals and bacteria. Deoxyribonucleic acid , or DNA, is the molecule that controls everything that happens in the cell. DNA contains instructions that direct the activities of cells … body. With only a few household items, you can extract DNA from strawberries just about anywhere! Extracting DNA …
News Release
NHGRI will highlight rare disease research that benefits affected patients and provides insights into more common disorders on Rare Disease Day.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) researchers … this important relationship in advance of Rare Disease Day at NIH , a day-long symposium that is part of a global … Information Center (GARD), which is supported by the NHGRI/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. GARD …
News Release
Check out this video from NHGRI Director Eric Green talking about the importance of knowing your family health history.
… Branch … In November 2004, the Surgeon General launched a national public health campaign entitled the Family Health … then, the Surgeon General has recognized Thanksgiving as National Family Health History Day. … A Message from the Director This year, the National …
Talking Glossary
Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of technologies for sequencing DNA that became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing).
… Next-Generation DNA Sequencing … Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of … can sequence an entire human genome in a single day and for less than 1,000. … Next-generation DNA sequencing …
News Release
Using a recently developed DNA base-editing technique, researchers correct accelerating aging disorder.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … Using a recently developed DNA base-editing technique, researchers correct accelerating … the journal Nature , and was a collaboration between the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health; Broad Institute of Harvard and …
Event
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Consortium presented a half-day workshop on the accessibility & utilization of ENCODE data.
… The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) held a workshop as an ancillary event … October 16, 2018. The ENCODE consortium presented a half-day workshop on the accessibility & utilization of ENCODE … … ENCODE Data Utilization Workshop … The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Consortium presented a half-day …
News Release
In honor of Rare Disease Day, experts from the UDN turned to Reddit to answer questions during an "Ask me Anything."
… Ph.D. … On March 3, 2017, in honor of Rare Disease Day , a day celebrated worldwide to raise awareness for rare … conditions. On March 3, 2017, in honor of Rare Disease Day , a day celebrated worldwide to raise awareness for rare …
News Release
NHGRI awards $6.7 million in new research grants to develop DNA sequencing technologies that are more sensitive, faster, cheaper and more accurate.
… Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. … "Can you believe they make DNA sequencers the size of staplers?" asked Meni Wanunu, … is surely not alone in his astonishment. The field of DNA sequencing is full of ideas that are just crazy enough to … Ph.D., director of the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). "If we …
News Release
Micro-sized technologies are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology.
… researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology through new grants from the National Institutes of Health. … The grants, which total … by the Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology program of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), a part of …