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About Genomics
NHGRI considers the ethical, legal and social aspect of genomics research in our work, including these key policy issues
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 4, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details how NHGRI researchers are emphasizing the need for diversity in genomics.
… the while recognizing that he never completely left the ‘genome nest’ while serving as NIH Director.  All the best,   … Day . From mid-November until Thanksgiving, tweets from @genome_gov using the hashtag #FamilyHealthDay2021 will … to increase effective gene therapies for rare diseases Genome: Unlocking Life's Code October 2021 newsletter The …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… genomics: the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. To amplify that drumbeat, the … performed nearly 6,000 experiments – 4,834 for the human genome and 1,158 for the mouse genome – ENCODE was able to develop an updated and …
About Genomics
The Human Genome Project was an inward voyage of discovery led by an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all the genes of our species.
… The Human Genome Project (HGP) is one of the greatest scientific feats … to comprehensively study all of the DNA (known as a genome) of a select set of organisms. Launched in October 1990 and completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project’s signature accomplishment – generating the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green spotlights the History of Genomics Program, which has long worked to make various materials related to the history of genomics accessible to the public.
… relevant genomic variants in non-coding regions of the genome. The researchers specifically focused on identifying … are caused by genomic variants residing in regions of the genome that do not code for proteins. Fewer tools have been … novel genomic variants in non-coding regions of the genome associated with CCDDs. This work not only provides a …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium's publishing of a collection of papers that reported the first truly complete sequence of the human genome.
… significance of their results.     …   In 2003, the Human Genome Project ended with the generation of an essentially complete sequence of the human genome. The project took the practical approach of using the … Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double-helical structure in 1953. It is a unique day when students, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 1, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., focuses on the NHGRI History of Genomics Program's preservation of historical assets related to the field of genomics as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
… in the D.C. area — I would encourage you to visit the Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code exhibition at the Smithsonian’s … 60th anniversary of the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA and the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project . After traveling to 12 states and Canada, the …
Genomics and Medicine
Starting in 2019, the American Journal of Human Genetics has published an annual feature identifying ten key advances in applying genomic information to clinical care that were reported in the previous 12 months of published literature. The Genomic Medicine Working Group has authored these reviews, based on its broader effort to identify notable accomplishments in genomic medicine on a monthly basis. From this larger set of published accomplishments, the working group has continued to select ten papers annually to be highlighted as the most significant.
… helps to prioritize critically ill newborns for whole-genome sequencing Population genomic screening for common … conditions may be cost effective in young adults Genome sequencing may lead to improved outcomes in vascular anomalies Whole-genome sequencing may have greater diagnostic utility than a …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2018 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the success of The Cancer Genome Atlas.
… University in Stanford, CA on July 17, 2018. … The  Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently … of genomics.   …   After more than a decade, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) program is drawing to an end. A … the tumor and non-tumor samples, including exome and whole-genome sequencing, gene-expression profiling, copy-number …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green announces the recent launch of the NHGRI Genomic Innovator Award.
… September 26, 2018 at Morehouse School of Medicine. … The  Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently … critical for the success of efforts such as the  Human Genome Project ,  1000 Genomes ,  ENCyclopedia Of DNA … or technologies that will accelerate research on the structure of genomes, the biology of genomes, or the biology …