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About NHGRI
A timeline of notable events in the history of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… location of the first major gene that predisposes men to prostate cancer. December 1996: ELSI Report is issued by the Joint … associated with an increased risk of breast, ovarian and prostate cancers. June 1997: The National Human Genome …
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… Second degree relatives Second degree relatives Breast cancer Prostate cancer Colorectal Cancer Have any of your relatives … cancer? Have any of your relatives been diagnosed with prostate cancer? If you checked more than 1relative you are …
Staff
Abdel Elkahloun is an associate investigator in NHGRI's Office of Scientific Core Facilities.
… to defining exosomes or EVs (extra-cellular vesicles) in cancer. In 2014, and in collaboration with Dr. Roberts at … NCI, Dr. Elkahloun demonstrated that exosomes derived from cancer cells can affect the transcriptomes of surrounding … identifies CXCL14, ITGAX, and LPCAT2 as novel aggressive prostate cancer susceptibility genes. PLoS Genet, 20(11). …
Event
On October 25-29, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will participate in the ASHG Annual Meeting - the world's largest human genetics and genomics meeting and exposition.
… Center, South Exhibit Hall 3:00 p.m. — 4:45 p.m. Cancer Germline sequencing of DNA damage repair genes in two hereditary prostate cancer cohorts reveals rare risk-associated Board No. PB1123 …
Clinical Research
The CLINSEQ® Study seeks to learn about the role that your genes play in your health.
… a variety of conditions, including heart disease, breast cancer, and hearing loss. … Our goal is to enroll 1500 … Preliminary validation of a consumer-oriented colorectal cancer risk assessment tool compatible with the US Surgeon …
News Release
Six new grants will support researchers for new computational approaches to search millions of genomic variants for disease susceptibility.
… Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Cancer Institute, both parts of NIH. … Comparing the genomes … can lead to diseases in people, including an inherited eye cancer, retinoblastoma. They would like to develop … University of California, San Diego/Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research; $2.3 million, three years Principal …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, reflects on the twelve years of groundbreaking research by the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-generating Research (CSER) consortium.
… underlie top genetic risk loci for glaucoma and colorectal cancer Mukamel et al. Cell 2023 Aug 17; 186(17): 3659-3673 … a larger influence on the risk for glaucoma and colorectal cancer, respectively, compared to previously identified … program, began when NHGRI partnered with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to fund six research sites to ease the …
MINC
Contributors to the MINC toolkit
… Kathleen Calzone, Ph.D., R.N., AGN-BC, FAAN National Cancer Institute Donna Chase, M.S., R.N. South Shore Hospital … Cathy Glennon, R.N., MHS, OCN, NE-BC University of Kansas Cancer Center Beth Harkness, R.N., BSN, CPN Children’s … Hospital Barbara Tofani, R.N., MSN Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center … MINC Contributors … Contributors to the MINC …
Research Funding
NHGRI is initiating a new program-the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium to develop a framework for systematically understanding the effects of genomic variation on genome function and how these effects shape phenotypes.
… to Function and Phenotype HG011972 Marc Vidal Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Molecular phenotyping of ~100,000 coding … Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research Genomic control of gene regulatory networks …
Profile
Reflecting on his NIH career, Dr. Smith recounts his journey from researcher to program director in a conversation with NHGRI science writer Sonja Soo, Ph.D. He looks ahead to a retirement filled with traveling, spending time with friends and family, playing pickleball and brewing ale.
… to what became the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute. I was in the Laboratory of Genomic … joining NHGRI, Dr. Smith spent 20 years at the National Cancer Institute, where he developed genomic technologies and …