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The National Academy of Medicine elected Dr. Charles Rotimi, CRGGH Director, as one of its new members.
… For groundbreaking research in African and African ancestry populations, providing new insights into the genetic …
Genetic Disorders
Thalassemia is a group of inherited diseases of the blood that affect a person's ability to produce hemoglobin, resulting in anemia.
… Italian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Southern Asian and African Ancestry. The two main types of thalassemia are called … individuals of Southeast Asian, Chinese and Filipino ancestry, results in fetal or newborn death. A child who …
Diversity Center
Tuskegee University establishes the Carver Genomic Research Center.
… The purpose of this study is to determine whether genetic ancestry play a role in gene expression, genomic landscapes … We aim to explore the association of African genetic ancestry in admixed-African breast cancer patients. We …
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Dr. Guanjie Chen is a senior research fellow with the NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… AP, Chen G, et al. Variation in APOL1 Contributes to Ancestry Level Differences in HDLc-Kidney Function … associated with boday mass index in individuals of African ancestry. Nat Genet: 2013 Jun.; 45(6):690-696: PMID:23583978 … wide association of body fat distribution in African ancestry populations suggests new loci. PLoS Genet: …
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Charles Rotimi, Ph.D., was awarded the Academy Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Science by the New York Academy of Medicine. This honor, established in 1929, recognizes investigators with sustained and impactful accomplishments in biomedical research and an interest in translating these findings to advance human health.
… data from admixed groups and individuals of African ancestry has enhanced approaches to finding genomic variants for complex traits and uncovered ways in which ancestry can influence genetic findings. Over the last …
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NIH will fund grants totaling $38 million over five years to develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities.
… which were developed using data from mostly European ancestry populations, are not effective when used in diverse …
Genetic Disorders
Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of metabolism where a type of fat (lipid) called glucocerebroside cannot be adequately degraded.
… frequently among individuals who are of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. Type 1 Gaucher disease is present 1 in 500 to 1 in 1000 people of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, and approximately 1 in 14 Ashkenazi Jews is a …
The Genomics Landscape
In the March 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the new fact sheets produced by the institute's Communications and Public Liaison Branch.
… guidance on the use of race, ethnicity, and genetic ancestry in genomics research. The NASEM study is sponsored …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is fostering an appreciation for what our DNA means for our health, identities and culture.
… they might be abused. … The broad availability of genomic ancestry testing is influencing the way we think about the concept of race in America (see Human Origins  and Ancestry ). We now understand that skin color, as one … intertwined relationships between a person's or groups' ancestry, ethnicity, and racial identity. The National Human …
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Jim Mullikin pioneered DNA sequencing technologies during the Human Genome Project and other major advances in genomics.
… genome live on within many of us today. People with ancestry outside of Sub-Saharan Africa have 1% to 3% …