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Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
Discipline-specific genomic competencies are knowledge and skills that a provider needs in order to perform specific functions in genomic healthcare. Competency-based healthcare education is an outcomes-based approach that uses competencies to organize and structure curricula and continuing education.
Policy Issues
Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the DNA of many organisms, including plants, bacteria, and animals.
Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the … risk. Scientists use different technologies to do this. … Genome editing technologies enable scientists to make changes … add, or replace the DNA where it was cut. The first genome editing technologies were developed in the late 1900s. …
News Release
The NHGRI Short Course in Genomics brings the latest genomics science to the classroom.
… to teachers like Agoos and Lassar. The National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) annual Short Course in … also the same year that researchers completed the Human Genome Project. "The ethos behind the Short Course is to … numerous genetics and genomics topics, including genome sequencing, CRISPR and other gene-editing methods, the …
About NHGRI
The Genomic Data Science Working Group facilitates engagement of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research on genomics and data science issues.
… engagement of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research on complex issues at the interface between … a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research . The working group has been charged with … activities to the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research. View archived GDSWG reports below: February …
News Release
Experts discussed the gaps, challenges and opportunities in genomics at Genomic Medicine Meeting VIII: NHGRI's Genomic Medicine Portfolio, sponsored by NHGRI.
… were among the thorny topics tackled June 8-9 at the Genome Medicine VIII meeting in Rockville, Maryland. … Medicine Portfolio , sponsored by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … NHGRI and the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) play in attempting to bring new …
Policy Issues
Scientists have edited genomes for many years, but CRISPR technology has improved the speed, cost, accuracy, and efficiency of genome editing ​
… Techniques to modify DNA in the genome have existed for several decades, but the conversation about the science and ethics of genome editing has grown louder due to faster, cheaper, and … the popular media tends to focus on the potential use of genome editing in humans, the main application of this …
Office of Genomic Data Science
NHGRI is committed to increase the availability of educational and research opportunities in computational genomics and data science (CGDS).
For Patients and Families
The partnership engages communities on genomics, informs and shares perspectives, and impacts the focus of research.
… impact the focus of research. Guided by the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Education and Community … and national and international organizations. Your Genome & You  is an infographic that offers an introduction … impacts our lives. It was designed by the National Human Genome Research Institute's Partnership for Community …
News Release
Healthcare professionals now have access to a range of educational and clinical genomics resources on the Genetics/Genomics Competency Center website
… thanks to a new partnership between the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … develop the resources and technology that will accelerate genome research and its application to health care." G2C2 has …
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NHGRI published its “Strategic vision for improving human health at The Forefront of Genomics” in the journal Nature. This vision describes the most compelling research priorities and opportunities in human genomics for the coming decade, signaling a new era in genomics for the Institute and the field.
… genomics for improving human health. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … beneficial and have the greatest impact on understanding genome biology and facilitating the implementation of genomic … in the new vision relate to genetic discrimination, genome editing, consent to participating in genomics research …