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The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… Green, M.D., Ph.D. … Last month, I had a busy four-day, three-city visit to India. In addition to meeting with … evidence for causing the syndrome, and confirmed only three of the genes to be definitively associated with the … Meeting in Seattle  will have the opportunity to see a 20-minute preview of the “Ken Burns presents The Gene: An …
Event
NHGRI will hold a workshop in September 2019 focused on Genomics in Medicine and Health.
Fact Sheet
Currently, there are different gene therapy approaches available through clinical trials.
… code for different types of hemoglobin. We will focus on three types:  Hemoglobin F , also known as fetal hemoglobin … We encourage you to use these educational materials to talk with your healthcare provider or a clinical trial team. …
Fact Sheet
Understanding gene therapy for sickle cell disease
… We encourage you to use these educational materials to talk with your healthcare provider or a clinical trial team. …
For Teachers
Tools and resources for teaching the concepts of transcription and translation, two key steps in gene expression
… the ribosome reads the sequence of the mRNA in groups of three bases to assemble the protein. Here is a more complete …
News Release
NHGRI's Dr. Elaine Ostrander and the Smithsonian's Dr. Dennis Stanford discover North America's oldest dog relics, important in canine genome research.
… Then, in the spring of 2014, Dr. Stanford attended a talk about canine (dog) genomics by Elaine Ostrander, Ph.D., … Human Disease , to watch Dr. Ostrander's March 19th, 2014 talk. … Related Content … Ancient in dog years: …
Outreach
The USA Science and Engineering Festival is an opportunity to take part in hands-on genetics and genomics activities.
Secondary Genomics Finding Service
Clinical Research Staff and Protocol Coordinators
… up a contact We will need a point person and also want to talk with someone in your group who is familiar with the … outside the US, has little access to healthcare, or all three.) … If a pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant is …
News Release
Four NHGRI researchers share the steps toward a career in genomics with 60 Brooklyn-area high school students.
… in genomics.  Dr. Findley said she will continue to talk to high school students and the public about her …
Media Availability
National DNA Day events give the public a chance to ask questions about genetics and genomics.
… about genetics and genomics. NHGRI also will host a talk about "Harry Potter" genetics , touching on genetics' … and will culminate with a Human Origins Topic (HOT) talk about Genes and Animal Coloration at the Smithsonian … except the Human Origins Topic talk, which will be at: Smithsonian National Museum of …