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For Teachers
The Your Genome & You infographic introduces the basics of genetics and genomics, and how the science impacts our lives.
… by demonstrating the outcome of an environmentally induced epigenetic change through animation. … Toolkit … Resources … …
Health
A polygenic risk score is one way by which people can learn what their risk of developing a disease is, based on the total number of genomics variants related to the disease.
… many of their genes, frequently coupled with environmental factors. Researchers are studying these changes to understand … that are influenced by multiple genes and environmental factors. Many diseases fall on a spectrum between these two …
Fact Sheet
Pharmacogenomics is a growing area of genomic medicine that uses a person’s genomic information to help healthcare providers select the medications and dosages that are predicted to work best in each patient.
… and genomic variants, in addition to studying other factors that influence medication response (such as … a harmful reaction or have no effect at all. Multiple factors influence how a person responds to medications, …
About Genomics
Resources for understanding the first truly complete sequence of the Y chromosome, the final human chromosome to be fully sequenced.
… genetic features with implications for fertility, such as factors in sperm production.  Learn more about this … human #YChromosome sequence! This sequence reveals genetic factors with implications for fertility. …
About Genomics
Resources for understanding the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome.
… 376. Doi: 10.1126/science.abj6987 (2022)  Gershman et al.  Epigenetic patterns in a complete human genome .  Science … al.  From telomere to telomere: The transcriptional and epigenetic state of human repeat elements .  Science  376. … (2022) Altemose et al.  Complete genomic and epigenetic maps of human centromeres .  Science  376. Doi: …
Outreach
A list of high quality educational activities to engage students on DNA Day.
Research Funding
A list of current and previous Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) grant awards.
… (US). Complex relationships between genetics and social factors influence health outcomes. Approximately 33% of … and therefore provide an opportunity to identify factors contributing to health disparities. However, the AoU … Probe design, image analysis, modeling, and integration of epigenetic data   Training, resources, and opportunities for …
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Future Webinar Series
… the sources of trait variation into constituent causal factors. The hope is to better understand both the … and interpret the interplay of genetic and non-genetic factors in trait variation. Following on the heels of NHGRI’s …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes the inaugural class of the ASHG-NHGRI Genomics and Public Service Fellowship Program.
… noise. They also found that the binding of transcription factors, proteins critically involved in the production of … genes linked to brain cell loss in ALS Inherited genetic factors may predict the pattern of X chromosome loss in older …
News Release
Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome sequence.
… 376. Doi: 10.1126/science.abj6987 (2022)  Gershman et al.  Epigenetic patterns in a complete human genome .  Science … al.  From telomere to telomere: The transcriptional and epigenetic state of human repeat elements .  Science  376. … (2022) Altemose et al.  Complete genomic and epigenetic maps of human centromeres .  Science  376. Doi: …