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15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is altering a genome with unparalleled efficiency and precision.
… CRISPR recognized that they could borrow tools from the immune system of bacteria  and develop "bacterial scissors" for … Then, it makes copies of itself to infect the person's immune system, making them vulnerable to other infections. …
Policies and Guidance
NHGRI does not collect personally identifiable information about you on genome.gov unless you volunteer to provide it.
… assigned to a computer when surfing the Web); Operating system and information about the browser used when visiting … If we store your personal information in a record system designed to retrieve information about you by personal …
Policy Issues
Genetic information is used by law enforcement to investigate criminal acts and exonerate those who have been convicted of crimes they did not commit.
… by law enforcement to investigate criminal acts. The legal system also uses genetic information to exonerate those who … with respect to privacy. … The Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) is the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) … on investigative genetic genealogy. … Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) … Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) … …
Research at NHGRI
An international investigation into the genetics of severe acute malnutrition in children.
… will be entered into an electronic data management system (PocketLIMS) optimized for data collection in both …
Clinical Research
Post COVID-19 Vaccine Registry for people with mitochondrial disease who have already received the COVID-19 vaccine.
News Release
NIH released a Request for Information seeking comments on the data submission and access process for dbGaP.
… of Health (NIH) Genomic Data Sharing Policy establishes a system to promote data sharing, while also protecting … tools, and data management models be developed to make the system as user-friendly and efficient as possible, as well as …
Event
On March 5-6, 2019, the Genomic Medicine Working Group hosted the Genomics in Health and Wellness Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland.
… employee health programs Jeff Thompson (Gundersen Health System) 11:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Discussion Moderator: Laura … genetic testing Jane Gilbert (Teachers' Retirement System of Kentucky) Gary Harbin (Teachers' Retirement System of Kentucky) 12:55 - 1:15 p.m. Discussion Moderator: …
News Release
Stomach cancers fall into four distinct molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas Network have found.
… or gastric adenocarcinomas. … A More Useful Classification System Instead of considering gastric cancer as a single … genes for two proteins, PD-L1 and PD-L2, which suppress immune responses; their increased expression may help tumors escape destruction by the immune system. The investigators suggested that these …
Clinical Research
A study with the goal of finding the genetic cause of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and several novel and undiagnosed causes of autoinflammatory disease.
… while also advancing our understanding of the human immune system. However, a large subset of patients have clinical …
News Release
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.
… typical of an autoinflammatory disease, where the immune system appears to be activated without any apparent trigger. … tocilizumab did. Tocilizumab, a drug that suppresses the immune system, reduced the severity and frequency of CRIA …