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Human Genome Project
Record and submit a short video, capturing your thoughts/concerns/excitement about the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… October 1, 2020, marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project. NHGRI would like you to help us commemorate and celebrate this occasion in an unconventional way: by pulling out your phone and …
News Release
H3Africa Consortium Array Will Bring Leading-Edge Genomics Tool to Address African Genomic Diversity
Illumina will be developing a GWAS array based on data from the Human Heredity and Health in Africa Initiative.
… Amy Bentley … In a major advance for those engaged in genomic research in … will be developing a GWAS array based on data from the Human Heredity and Health in Africa Initiative (H3Africa). … This array will include novel content based on sampling of individuals from populations across Africa. This tool …
Policy Issues
NHGRI wants to ensure that all populations benefit from the advances of genomics research.
… Genomics research is shaping the future of medicine. For these advances of this research to benefit … is perceived by different communities. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) wants to ensure that … genomics research, and have the opportunity to participate in various ways, such as becoming research scientists, …
News Release
NIH-backed African scientists are engaged in a global research endeavor to understand the genetic basis of disease in all populations.
… Faherty, Ph.D. … NIH-backed African scientists are engaged in a global research endeavor to understand the genetic basis of disease in all populations. But this can only be done by … populations contain the oldest and most diverse set of human genes. However, most studies of the human genome have …
News Release
Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network have identified new potential therapeutic targets for a major form of bladder cancer.
… Liaison Branch … Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified new potential therapeutic targets for a major form of bladder cancer, including important genes and pathways … by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both parts of the …
Event
On December 7, 2022, NHGRI will host a webinar to discuss key findings from the Human Genetics and Genomics Workforce Survey Report.
… The report concludes that efforts to enhance diversity in the genomics field must improve.  With over 4,000 survey … or ancestry as white (67%). The top three primary areas of work for employed respondents include genetic counseling, … … Request an Accommodation … Panelists … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National …
News Release
The TCGA network describes uterine and bile duct cancer.
… and Public Liaison Branch … The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a program co-funded by the National Cancer … and NHGRI, has greatly improved our understanding of the molecular signatures underlying different cancers - … of Breast Cancer The TCGA data, more than two petabytes in total from 33 cancer types, catalogs all the key genomic …
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.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … Mutations in the RIPK1 gene responsible for CRIA syndrome Over the last … linked by an unknown illness. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and other organizations …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 4, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details how NHGRI researchers are emphasizing the need for diversity in genomics.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … The big news of the last month was the announcement by Francis Collins … and I fully expect considerable fanfare and celebrations in the coming months to commemorate his contributions. While … director, have published a commentary in the journal Human Genetics and Genomic Advances that details the need for …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
​Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same.
… Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same. … Did you know … percent the same as all of the humans around you - but in that 0.1 percent difference are many of the things that … entirely define you. Well before the completion of the Human Genome Project, researchers began developing tools to …