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15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Advances in genomics are helping you access information about your genome from your home.
… can buy a test that will read specific places in their DNA and provide them with information about their genome? … led to an explosion in at-home, or "direct to consumer" genomic testing. You can even seek genomic information … the test or delivering the results. What are the pros and cons? There are now numerous companies offering you a …
Educational Resources
Ancestry-informative markers are sets of polymorphisms for a DNA sequence found in different frequencies between populations from different geographical regions.
… for a DNA sequence found in different frequencies between populations from different geographical regions. … that appear in substantially different frequencies between populations from different geographical regions of the world. … for a DNA sequence found in different frequencies between populations from different geographical regions. …
History of Genomics Program
The NHGRI History of Genomics Archive is a digital archive that holds a wealth of materials from the early stages of the Human Genome Project and provides a unique and detailed look into how the field has developed in the decades following.
… History of Genomics Archive is composed of the papers and materials of former leadership staff of NHGRI, previously … history of the Human Genome Project provides a unique and detailed look into how the field has developed in the … to describing materials in a culturally respective manner and repairing descriptions in finding aids and catalog …
Genomics 101
Find out how the rapidly emerging field of genomics is transforming our understanding of human health and enabling advances that benefit all of humankind.
… to the way your body responds to diseases, medications, and aging. Find out how the rapidly emerging field of … genomics is transforming our understanding of human health and enabling advances that benefit all of humankind. … NHGRI offers access to reliable and timely information about genomics research and the human …
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.
… of spring brings some good budgetary news for NIH and NHGRI. On March 11, the U.S. Congress passed a Fiscal … Year 2022 budget, we can now move forward with funding and conducting the planned 2022 research activities. In a … specifically, the Office of Communications, the Office of Genomic Data Science, and the Training, Diversity, and Health …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green previews the redesigned genome.gov website and its new features.
… researchers, Dr. John Tisdale of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, who is working to develop a gene … inspirational piece illustrates yet another triumph of genomic medicine and offers hope for similar new treatments for other rare … planning events, please sign up for email updates  and monitor the 'Genomics2020' calendar . …
Human Genome Project
Record and submit a short video, capturing your thoughts/concerns/excitement about the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… Project. NHGRI would like you to help us commemorate and celebrate this occasion in an unconventional way: by pulling out your phone and taking a selfie video! Starting Thursday, Oct. 1 through … it on your social media with the hashtags #Genomics2020  and #HGPselfie  so we can retweet and virtually high five …
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.
…   2024 Year in Review 1. Testing and managing iron overload after genetic screening-identified … risk scores for clinical implementation in diverse US populations 5. Skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor 1 variants … GA, Ramos EM, Roden DM, Rowley R, Taylor CO, Williams MS. Genomic medicine year in review: 2024 . Am J Hum Genet . 2024 …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… ** James Watson was the first NHGRI Director and appears here as part of our history collection. Despite … career was also punctuated by a number of offensive and scientifically erroneous comments about his beliefs on race, nationalities, homosexuality, gender and other societal topics. Dr. Watson’s opinions on these …
FAQ
On November 8-9, 2023, NHGRI sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD. The following questions were answered during the meeting.
… in isolation, not considering the scores in the context of non-genetic risk factors as a part of genetically informed … not reflect the value of PRS. Careful evaluation of the populations of reference that gave rise to the PRSs used in a clinical population and considering any discordance in the population that gave …