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The Genomics Landscape
In the March 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights a strategic planning effort to establish a 2020 vision for genomics.
… Cigarette Smoking Behavior to Identify Genes that Regulate Blood Pressure Notable Accomplishments in Genomic Medicine New …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recognizes the 2023 recipients of the Bettie J. Graham Leadership Award for Enhancing DEIA in the Genomics Workforce.
… Dr. Garg’s research has focused on the development of high-quality reference genome sequences, emphasizing the … Scientists discover over 100 new genomic regions linked to blood pressure Scientists map networks regulating gene function in …
Educational Resources
Chromatin is a substance within a chromosome consisting of DNA and protein.
Staff
Dr. Charles Rotimi is the scientific director of and NIH Distinguished Investigator in the Division of Intramural Research. He also serves as the director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH).
… published the first genome-wide scan for hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans and for type-2 diabetes in West … development of admixture mapping panels from commercial high-density SNP arrays, new methods for joint ancestry and …
Policy Issues
In 2008, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act was passed into law, prohibiting discrimination by employers and health insurers.
… that collect employees' biometric data (e.g. weight, blood pressure, cholesterol levels) and use this information to … that the testing was a way of determining whether the high incidence of repetitive-stress injuries among its …
Profile
Carlos Ferreira, M.D., staff clinician in NHGRI's Metabolic Medicine Branch, knows the catalogue of rare skeletal disorders well. With hundreds of known rare bone disorders and more to be discovered, Dr. Ferreira breaks down the challenges of skeletal genomics.
… be a physicist or a mathematician. During my last year of high school, I decided to pursue a career in medicine because … lives. In my home country of Paraguay, you go from high school directly to medical school. I have to say that I … surgery. You can get some information from, for example, blood samples. But in some cases, the disorders are mosaic, …
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… Neutropenia Matthew Hsieh, M.D. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH Project: Benign Ethnic Neutropenia Anne … University Project: Whole Exome Study of H ypertension and Blood Pressure in African Americans Professor Zhenjian Zhang, M.D. …
The Genomics Landscape
In the March 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly appointed Dr. Chris Gunter's role as Senior Advisor for Genomics Engagement as well as the 30 oral histories to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… yields new insights NIH scientists link higher maternal blood pressure to placental gene changes Genetic profile may …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., spotlights the re-opening of the Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in Washington, D.C.
… School  John Tisdale, M.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH Moderator: Dan Kastner, M.D., Ph.D., … Institutes of Health (NHGRI; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Diabetes and …
News Release
A genetic mutation that triggers bladder cancer in dogs is identical to a mutation that is implicated in multiple human cancers.
… or by serving alongside diabetics to detect their low blood sugar. Now, an oncogene shared by dogs and humans … around drug resistance. Moreover, "because of the very high frequency of the mutation, examination of the dog tumors …