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National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research
The Director's Report-Related Documents contain links to materials supplemental to Dr. Eric Green's Director's Report presentation to the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research in February 2023.
… Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Fauci Bids NIH Farewell After Half Century of Service 3 Departure of Director, Fogarty …
News Release
Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.
… signals in cells, and another group of proteins that act as switches, affecting which genes are turned on. The … research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information …
News Release
Four NHGRI researchers share the steps toward a career in genomics with 60 Brooklyn-area high school students.
… event, "Celebrating Genomics Careers for the Twenty-first Century," have been testing a curriculum that the GEOC …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have discovered a new inflammatory disorder called vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory and somatic syndrome (VEXAS), which is caused by mutations in the UBA1 gene.
… cells, which are responsible for systemic inflammation and act as the first line of defense against infections. The … research, and is investigating the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information …
Research Funding
The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project will create a resource that researchers can use to study how inherited changes in genes lead to common diseases
… from tissue to tissue. Researchers also discovered eQTLs act in different ways. Some eQTLs may affect a set of genes …
News Release
Funding to advance understanding of RNA biology and development of RNA-based technologies
… turning genes on and off. While RNA was discovered over a century ago, researchers are still uncovering new RNA-related …
Educational Resources
Mendelian inheritance refers to certain patterns of how traits are passed from parents to offspring.
… thousands of experiments with pea plants in the 19th century. Mendel’s discoveries of how traits (such as color …
News Release
Researchers recommend more rigorous clinical study of dietary management practices for patients with IEMs, which may result in reformulating some medical foods.
… drugs. A medical food, as defined in the Orphan Drug Act of 1983, is regulated as a food by the Food and Drug … research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information …
Event
NHGRI commemorates the life and legacy of genomics champion Representative Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.), who passed away in March 2018, by naming an annual National DNA Day lecture at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in her honor.
… and her work on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) helped to create protections against …
About NHGRI
A timeline of notable events in the history of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Senate passes the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2003  (S. 1053) [thomas.loc.gov] by a vote of 95-0, … Project and the field of genomics over the last quarter-century, the NHGRI History of Genomics Program hosts a seminar series entitled "A Quarter Century after the Human Genome Project's Launch: Lessons …