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Genomic medicine is a medical discipline that involves using a person’s genomic information as part of their clinical care.
… Genomic Medicine … Genomic medicine is a medical discipline that involves using a person’s genomic … as part of their clinical care. … Genomic medicine is a medical discipline that involves using a person’s genomic … include individualized medicine, personalized medicine and precision medicine. For some conditions, genomic …
Research Funding
The Division of Genomic Medicine promotes the NHGRI's efforts to advance the application of genomics to medical science and clinical care.
… the institute's efforts to advance the application of genomics to medical science and clinical care. … Many DGM programs and projects have …
News
NHGRI launched a new round of strategic planning to establish a 2020 vision for genomics research that will accelerate scientific and medical breakthroughs.
… strategic planning that will establish a 2020 vision for genomics research aimed at accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs. … Accelerating Breakthroughs In …
News Release
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.
… of human cellular responses, the Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS). Discovering such … will improve scientists' understanding of cell pathways and aid in the development of new therapies for many … new LINCS grants (pending available funds) are: Harvard Medical School, Boston, $12.87 million over six years …
News Release
Diverse populations are still underrepresented in public genomic databases, according to a new study by researchers from the NIH and Harvard Medical School.
… by researchers from the National Institutes of Health and Partners Healthcare/Harvard Medical School.* … Diverse Groups Underrepresented in Genomic … Bonham is also the Senior Advisor to the NHGRI Director on Genomics and Health Disparities. "Because genomic information …
For Patients and Families
FAQs about genetic disorders, the impact of genomics on your health, and the emerging science of pharmacogenomics.
… asked questions about genetic disorders, the impact of genomics on your health, and the emerging science of pharmacogenomics. … Health FAQs … … genetic disorders, the impact of genomics on your health, and the emerging science of pharmacogenomics. ​​ ​ … Family …
Research Training
This program provides doctoral and medical graduates the opportunity to use genomic approaches to advance the growing area of health disparities research
… Postdoctoral Fellowship provides recent doctoral and medical graduates the opportunity to use genetic and … the applicant's research interests in genetics and genomics as applied to health disparities research. This …
News Release
Stomach cancers fall into four distinct molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas Network have found.
… NHGRI Communications and Public Liaison Branch … Stomach cancers fall into four … groups of patients," said Adam Bass, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Broad … Quick Facts, Q&A, graphics, glossary, a brief guide to genomics and a media library of images can be found at …
Talking Glossary
A secondary genomic finding refers to a genomic variant, found through the analysis of a person’s genome, that is of potential medical value yet is unrelated to the initial reason for examining the person’s genome.
… the analysis of a person’s genome, that is of potential medical value yet is unrelated to the initial reason for … the analysis of a person’s genome, that is of potential medical value yet is unrelated to the initial reason for … that could change the medical management of that patient and potentially prevent or more effectively treat the …
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Dr. William A. Gahl is a senior investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch and the director of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program.
… from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972 and his M.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1976. He … genetics fellowships at the NIH's Interinstitute Medical Genetics Training Program, which he directed from … Biogenesis: Clinical and Molecular Genetics. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet, 9:359-86, 2008. [ PubMed ]. Gahl WA. …