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Newborn genetic screening is testing performed on newborn babies to detect a wide variety of disorders.
… Newborn Genetic Screening … Newborn screening is testing performed on … detect a wide variety of disorders. … Newborn Screening, Genetic Disorder, Family Health History, Genetic Counselor, Healthcare … Newborn screening is a set of …
Educational Resources
Crossing over is the swapping of genetic material that occurs in the germ line.
… Crossing Over … Crossing over is the swapping of genetic material that occurs in the germ line. … Genetic Material, Chromosomes, Meiosis, DNA Sequences, Genetic Variation, Germ Line … Crossing over, as related to genetics …
Funding Opportunities
The NHGRI Small Business Program awards Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants.
… Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Small Business Program awards Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and … NOT-HG-22-007 : Methods Development for Genomic Studies of Genetic Variation, Function, and Disease NOT-HG-22-011 : Notice of …
Research Funding
The Non-Coding Variants Program explores which variants in a region associated with a disease or trait cause the higher risk for the disease or trait
… in the genome differ among those people. Some of these genetic variants are common, such as the variants for blood … function and regulation of genes? A start to interpreting variation is a genome-wide association study (GWAS), in which … when and where proteins are made. The Non-Coding Variants Program (NoVa) supports the development of approaches to …
Research Training
NHGRI funds training and career development programs at academic, medical and other institutions throughout the U.S.
… T32 Genome Science Predoc Postdoc Institution Program Title Program Director(s) Program Support ✔ Harvard Medical School Training Program …
Research at NHGRI
The Center for Precision Health Research, formerly Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, studies how health and disease are related to genetic, genomic and metabolic variation.
… as a research group within NHGRI’s Intramural Research Program to foster the development of cutting edge genomic and … heritability from common diseases associated with common genetic variants to rare diseases associated with rare … a basic research level, in which investigators use genetic variation to identify pathways that can be targets for common …
Genetic Disorders
Cri du chat syndrome is a rare genetic condition that is caused by the deletion of genetic material on the the p arm of chromosome 5.
… Cri du chat syndrome is a rare genetic condition that is caused by the deletion of genetic material on the the p arm of chromosome 5. … Cri du … known as 5p- syndrome and cat cry syndrome - is a rare genetic condition that is caused by the deletion (a missing …
Media Availability
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that affects ten percent of the world's population, but the genetics underlying the disease remain poorly understood.
… A comprehensive investigation of the underlying genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes has unveiled the most detailed look at the genetic differences that increase a person's risk for disease … 2 diabetes; however, it remains unknown exactly how these genetic changes, known as variants, are distributed among …
Professional Development Programs
JHU/NIH GCTP Executive Committee is composed of genetic counselors, social scientists and medical geneticists. Their varied backgrounds are an asset to the Program and to students as they develop their thesis.
… Health Research Joann Bodurtha, M.D., M.P.H. Institute of Genetic Medicine Johns Hopkins University Joann Bodurtha Professor of Genetic Medicine Johns Hopkins University Sarah Benjamin … Sc.M., CGC Associate Director, Genetic Counseling Training Program National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH Lori …
Clinical Research
The NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis.
… National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP) is part of the Undiagnosed Disease Network … UDP researchers the opportunity to gain new insights about genetic and biochemical mechanisms of disease, normal cell … genomic sequencing technologies to identify rare and new genetic causes of disease. These technologies further our …