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NHGRI researchers recently published a study using virtual reality simulations to investigate how clinicians might use a type of genomic risk information called polygenic risk scores in medical care.

… Study shows genomic information can unknowingly influence medical decisions depending on race. … Sonja Soo: … and understand whether introducing this information will influence how a doctor might view a patient and make medical … that we make about another person and how that can influence our thoughts and decisions. But, like most things …

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Introduction to Genomics

A introduction to basic concepts in genomics to help you understand your genome, how it works, and how it impacts your health.

… and skin. More importantly, variations in your genome also influence your risk of developing diseases and your responses … but identical to neither. Your biological parents' genes influence traits like height, eye color, and disease risk …

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2018 News Feature: New technique promises more accurate genomes by sequencing families

Researchers developed a technique that will aid in a more accurate reconstruction of human genomes.

… between them. This makes it difficult to tell the two parental haplotypes apart, so they are often mixed together … this concept further using a photo "mash-up" of both parental cattle breeds to visually represent what happens at … reads by which parent they are from and then assemble both parental haplotypes separately." This method doesn't just …

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Decades after rare disease diagnosis, family and physician hail genomic breakthrough

In 1982, John Carey, M.D., and his colleagues named the rare disease, Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome. Now, researchers have identified the genomic mutations.