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- Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program2
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Professional Development Programs
The JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program addresses the growing need for genetic counseling services.
… August 21, 2024 Update: The NIH-funded Genetic Counseling Training Program is temporarily pausing … you on the current needs and challenges associated with genetic counseling while we plan to launch a new effort to … have collaborated to develop and support the JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program (GCTP), a competitive …
News Release
NIH researchers have discovered a rare and sometimes lethal inflammatory disease - otulipenia - that primarily affects young children.
… (NHGRI), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of Arthritis and … technology to understand, diagnose and treat genomic and genetic diseases. Additional information about NHGRI can be … diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing and treating these illnesses. News releases, fact …
News Release
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network has opened an online patient application portal called the UDN Gateway.
… Steven Benowitz … The Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN), a clinical research initiative of the … diagnose despite extensive clinical investigation. These diseases are difficult for doctors to diagnose because they … been described or are unrecognized forms of more common diseases. … The new system streamlines the application …
Policy Issues
Payers such as insurance companies and Medicare need systematic ways of evaluating genetic tests for reimbursement.
… For patients to have full access to the benefits of genetic testing, payers such as insurance companies and Medicare need systematic ways of evaluating genetic tests for reimbursement. … Genomic medicine has the … of the human genome has created new opportunities for genetic tests to predict, prevent and treat disease. Tests …
News Release
NIH researchers have identified a treatment that significantly decreases the risk of stroke in children with a rare genetic disease called Deficiency of Adenosine Deaminase Type 2 (DADA2).
… decreases the risk of stroke  in children with a rare genetic disease called DADA2 (deficiency of adenosine … with DADA2 and other autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases. Researchers published their findings in the April … decreases the risk of stroke in children with a rare genetic disease called Deficiency of Adenosine Deaminase Type …
News Release
Baylor College of Medicine. Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
… will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). Each site will receive more than $2.5 … Genome sequencing for patients from the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP) has identified individual variation in … potential treatments for patients with these rare or new diseases. Recipients of the new NIH awards to study gene …
FAQ
Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means to the pediatric mitochondrial disease community.
Educational Resources
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is federal legislation that makes it unlawful to discriminate against individuals on the basis of their genetic profiles in regard to health insurance and employment.
… Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) … The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is federal … to discriminate against individuals on the basis of their genetic profiles in regard to health insurance and …
News Release
NIH grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, manage heart disease and guide cancer clinicians to the most effective drugs.
… the use of pharmacogenomics, which studies how a patient's genetic make-up affects drug responses. A third grant examines the role of genomic information in diagnosing and treating inherited forms of diabetes. This is … are associated with drugs for cardiovascular and other diseases, such as the blood thinning drugs, clopidogrel and …
Research Funding
Building upon a foundation of quantitative genetics laid over a century ago, applying modern genomic approaches to resolve how genetic and non-genetic factors shape variation in human diseases and traits.
… about how to identify and interpret the interplay of genetic and non-genetic factors on trait variation. These issues have … now being applied towards illuminating contemporary human diseases and traits. This webinar will seek input from the …