Articles by Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D.

May 11, 2020 — Dr. Gahl honored for his leading efforts to diagnose and treat individuals with rare and undiagnosed diseases.

February 13, 2020 — In a study published in the journal Science, collaborators at NHGRI, the National University of Ireland, Galway, and the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience at the University of Florida, Augustine, reported that activation of the gene Tfap2 in adult stem cells in Hydractinia can turn those cells into germ cells in a cycle that can repeat endlessly.

January 27, 2020 — An expert panel from the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) has critically reevaluated the scientific evidence for all 17 reported genes, disputing nine of the genes and revealing only three of the genes to be definitively associated with the most common form of the disease.

January 21, 2020 — NHGRI has appointed Chris Gunter, Ph.D., as a senior advisor for genomics engagement. In this role, Dr. Gunter will advise the NHGRI director and the institute on issues and challenges associated with engaging the public about genomics and genomic medicine.

December 30, 2019 — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Genomic Data Sharing Policy includes expectations for how researchers should obtain, share and access genomic data from human and non-human sources. As a leader in genomics, including relevant policy development and implementation, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) encourages data sharing practices that go beyond the NIH expectations.

December 23, 2019 — Over the last 20 years, three families have been unknowingly linked to one another by an unknown illness. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and other organizations have now identified the cause of the illness, a new disease called CRIA syndrome. The results of their work were published on Dec. 11 in the journal Nature.

October 21, 2019 — NHGRI researcher Dr. Julie Segre has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

September 24, 2019 — New grants totaling approximately $29.5 million will enable scientists to generate and maintain the most comprehensive reference sequence of the human genome.

August 27, 2019 — Supporting early career investigators at the cutting edge of genomics.

July 19, 2019 — Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene.