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The ISCC-PEG Pharmacogenomics (PGx) Project Group has developed peer-reviewed online education for healthcare practitioners to advance pharmacogenomics in clinical practice.
… about evidence-based pharmacogenomic resources from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Clinical …
News Release
NHGRI researchers will present four platform talks and 55 posters to highlight the institute's diverse portfolio at the 65th annual meeting of ASHG.
… Ranker: Using SNPChip Data to Inform NextGen Sequencing Choices. (Bioinformatics and Genomic Technology) 2259W. …
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An ancient, sexually transmitted dog cancer may provide insights into human cancers because of the similarities in the dog and human immune systems.
… of a virus or bacterium. … By comparing the genomes of 186 healthy dogs from a wide variety of species to two of the dog … built a comprehensive catalog of genetic variation of healthy dogs based on the team's compilation of genomes, … dog genome had minor variations. When they compared the healthy dog genomes to the unhealthy dog tumor genomes, they …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics helps us understand evolution and protect our biological ecosystems.
… In a different application, DNA barcoding has enabled food safety experts to monitor the food supply and prevent fraud. For example, they showed that …
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Three research teams funded by NIH gather data at the most basic molecular levels about the biological processes that make up the human microbiome.
… common functions of bacterial genes, if the bacteria are healthy, each individual's particular suite of species appear … perform roughly the same biological functions as another healthy individual. In fact, researchers found that certain … bacterial metabolic pathways were always present in healthy people, and that many of those pathways were often …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… family, and your friends and colleagues remain safe and healthy. Like most institutions, NHGRI is dealing with the … health disparities. Her research includes studies of urban food environments, community health solutions, and veterans’ …
Staff
Dr. Robb Rowley is an Internal Medicine Physician and a program director for the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network.
… Dr. Rowley has experience with managing multiple U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clinical trials, along …
Genetic Disorders
Thalassemia is a group of inherited diseases of the blood that affect a person's ability to produce hemoglobin, resulting in anemia.
… "thalassemia trait." Most carriers lead completely normal, healthy lives. A child who inherits two thalassemia trait … who have thalassemia or carry the trait to give birth to healthy babies. Embryos created in-vitro are tested for the … gene before being implanted into the mother, allowing only healthy embryos to be selected. Additional Resources for …
Secondary Genomics Finding Service
Clinical Research Staff and Protocol Coordinators
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Cari Young and Julie Nadel join NHGRI as public policy and education fellows.