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Dr. Sara Chandros Hull is a co-deputy scientific director in the Office of the Scientific Director and the director of NHGRI's Bioethics Core.
… research; and Chair of the  NIH Intramural Institutional Review Board . Dr. Hull recently completed a detail with the  … and limits of centralized Institutional Reveiw Board (IRB) review of multisite research, diversifying genomic research … American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal IRBs and research review committees. Dr. Hull conducts her research through a …
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Researchers are trying to understand a process whose rules are constantly being written and rewritten by cancer's rogue cells: who will more likely relapse.
… likely to relapse, researchers are trying to understand a process whose rules are constantly being written and … cancer comes back … Researchers are trying to understand a process whose rules are constantly being written and … DHX15, Raman Sood … Researchers are trying to understand a process whose rules are constantly being written and …
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Three research teams funded by NIH gather data at the most basic molecular levels about the biological processes that make up the human microbiome.
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The Undiagnosed Diseases Network has opened an online patient application portal called the UDN Gateway.
… diseases. … The new system streamlines the application process. All applications for the UDN will go through the … what had previously been a paper-and-mail application process for the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP), which … a comprehensive and streamlined online application process." Dr. Ramoni serves as executive director and a …
Educational Resources
A Golgi body, also known as a Golgi apparatus, is a cell organelle that helps process and package proteins and lipid molecules, especially proteins destined to be exported from the cell.
… known as a Golgi apparatus, is a cell organelle that helps process and package proteins and lipid molecules, especially … known as a Golgi apparatus, is a cell organelle that helps process and package proteins and lipid molecules, especially … known as a Golgi apparatus, is a cell organelle that helps process and package proteins and lipid molecules, especially …
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American Indians and Alaska Natives IRB training programs at NIH ensure the welfare of people participating in federally regulated research.
… were among the unexpected outcomes of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) training program for American Indians and … experiences. They also observed meetings of IRBs that review intramural research conducted at NIH, attended the NIH … at NIH and working through the Common Rule comment process drove home the fact that people like me -- Native …
Strategic Vision
Staff within the institute and colleagues in the genomics community organized and contributed to the >50 events associated with the strategic planning process (e.g., town halls, dedicated workshops, conference sessions, and webinars) and provided critical feedback.
… The multi-year Genomics2020 strategic planning process — followed by the drafting, refining, and finalizing … to the >50 events associated with the strategic planning process (e.g., town halls, dedicated workshops, conference … to the > 50 events associated with the strategic planning process (e.g., town halls, dedicated workshops, conference …
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NIH researchers have developed and released an innovative software tool, called Verso, to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome sequences from a variety of species. The software makes the process of assembling complete genome sequences more affordable and accessible.
… called Verkko, which means “network” in Finnish, makes the process of assembling complete genome sequences more … everything we learned in the T2T project and automated the process,” said NHGRI associate investigator Sergey Koren, … the researchers assembled those fragments manually — a process that took this massive and highly skilled team …
Policies and Guidance
Guidance describing NHGRI’s position on appropriate third-party involvement.
… are reported and reviewed by NHGRI in the application process. This guidance describes to which grantees this … party does not condition its services on a requirement to review draft publications or presentations.   A grantee or … Upon receipt of the information/documentation, NHGRI will review and provide the grantee or contractor with a written …
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NHGRI researchers, collaborators at the University of California (UC) San Diego, UC Davis and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine lay out a new framework for comparing dog-to-human aging, one that uses epigenetics as a biological marker to better understand the aging process.
… ratio changes over time. The research used epigenetics, a process by which modifications occur in the genome, as a biological marker to study the aging process. By comparing when and what epigenetic changes mark … on one type of epigenetic change called methylation, a process in which molecules called methyl groups are attached …