Search Results

31 - 40 of 1694
Policy Issues
Federally-funded research with human participants must comply with regulations that protect the rights and welfare of the participants.
… The use of human participants in biomedical, clinical and … or other methods. All federally-funded research with human participants such as that supported by NIH must comply … of participating in the research. … All research with human participants supported by the United States government, …
News Release
In 1982, John Carey, M.D., and his colleagues named the rare disease, Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome. Now, researchers have identified the genomic mutations.
News Release
Three research teams funded by NIH gather data at the most basic molecular levels about the biological processes that make up the human microbiome.
… tens of thousands of microbial species that live in or on human beings - the human microbiome - they would find therapies for a host of … with our bodies. … Now, in the second phase of the Human Microbiome Project, three research teams funded by the …
News Release
NHGRI published its “Strategic vision for improving human health at The Forefront of Genomics” in the journal Nature. This vision describes the most compelling research priorities and opportunities in human genomics for the coming decade, signaling a new era in genomics for the Institute and the field.
… … NHGRI's 2020 Strategic Vision describes opportunities in human genomics for improving human health. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results show that generating a precise, base-by-base sequence of a human chromosome is now possible, and will enable researchers to produce a complete sequence of the human genome.
… era in genomics research. … Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results, published today in the journal … show that generating a precise, base-by-base sequence of a human chromosome is now possible, and will enable researchers …
Media Advisory
The NIH-funded Integrative Human Microbiome Project presented at the International Human Microbiome Congress.
… the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Integrative Human Microbiome Project (iHMP), which is coordinated by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), will present findings at the 5th International Human Microbiome Congress. … Representatives from the …
About Genomics
In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished two years ahead of schedule and at a cost less than the original estimated budget.
… In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished and made available to … scientists and researchers two years ahead of the original Human Genome Project schedule and at a cost less than the … effort to sequence the 3 billion DNA letters in the human genome is considered by many to be one of the most …
Human Genome Project
Video testimonials from prominent members of the genomics community commemorating and celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project.
Human Genome Project 30th Anniversary Video Selfie … 1, 2020, marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project. Prominent members of the genomics … and celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project. … Human Genome Project …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
​Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same.
… entirely define you. Well before the completion of the Human Genome Project, researchers began developing tools to … people. When scientists agreed to use the one "reference" human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project [see  DNA Sequencing ], it became easier …
Media Advisory
On August 16-18, 2017, NIH hosted a workshop, "The Human Microbiome: Emerging Themes at the Horizon of the 21st Century."
… Advisory Microbes inhabit just about every part of the human body, outnumbering human cells by ten to one. The ten-year, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund Human Microbiome Project was established to understand how …