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A new study offers insights into why some people's hair goes gray in response to a serious illness or chronic stress.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … A new mouse study offers insights into why some people's hair … the invaders. The researchers found that the MITF/em> gene downregulates the innate immune system's interferon … as melanocyte stem cells, hair graying results. "This new discovery suggests that genes that control pigment in hair …
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NHGRI has selected Adam Phillippy, Ph.D. as the founding director of the new Center for Genomics and Data Science Research within the Institute’s Intramural Research Program.
… Adam Phillippy, Ph.D. as the founding director of the new Center for Genomics and Data Science Research within the … that captures more human diversity. “Adam’s vision for our new Center will uniquely position NHGRI to lead the … a larger set of local experts.   Adam’s vision for our new Center will uniquely position NHGRI to lead the …
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Researchers from NHGRI, Oxford University and other National Institutes of Health centers have developed and tested a new method to predict hospital-acquired infections involving five other important pathogens.
… Institutes of Health centers developed and tested a new method to predict hospital-acquired infections involving … on the duration of exposure to known or suspected cases, new cases could be caught up to a day before they actually … healthcare-acquired infections. … Additional Reading … A new tool to prevent the spread of hospital-acquired …
For Teachers
The genetic timeline lesson plan gives students an historical perspective of the discoveries that led to our present understanding of the human genome.
… objectives: Describe how scientific "facts" change with new discoveries. Give examples of the small steps toward … a change in scientific thinking with the collection of new knowledge. Describe the scientific process of using supporting evidence from one discovery to verify findings of another. Relate the …
Culture
Work with a talented team, including world-class scientists at NHGRI. Share genomics and its discoveries with the community and the world.
… build you career and help bring the fruits of genomic discovery to people's lives. … At NHGRI, we make possible the … have changed the way researchers everywhere make new breakthroughs. We also study the important interface … of genomic advances can be either incredible or pose new challenges. Together we figure out how to consider these …
Fact Sheets
Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
… factors than by individual genes. Genomics is offering new possibilities for therapies and treatments for some complex diseases, as well as new diagnostic methods. … Genetics and genomics both play … … Understanding more about diseases caused by a single gene (using genetics) and complex diseases caused by multiple …
Educational Resources
A genotype is an individual's collection of genes.
… BB, Bb, bb could be used to represent a given variant in a gene. Genotypes can also be represented by the actual DNA …
Educational Resources
A promoter is a sequence of DNA needed to turn a gene on or off.
… Promoter … A promoter is a sequence of DNA needed to turn a gene on or off. … Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Enzyme, Gene, Gene Expression, Gene Regulation, Messenger RNA (mRNA), …
News Release
NIH will award $38.5 million over five years to the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) project, which aims to build a widely available resource of human developmental gene expression in a multitude of tissues for use in basic and clinical research.
… Zisk … The project will increase our understanding of how gene expression is regulated over time. … Eleven years ago, … of high-quality tissue samples and information on gene expression — important resources that scientists needed … by NHGRI) Nenad Sestan, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (funded by NHGRI, NINDS, NIMH) … …
Outreach
National DNA Day commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953.
… the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. … National DNA … completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. The National Human … the completion of the human genome project in 2003 and the discovery of the double helix in 1953. DNA Day’s mission …