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Genomics in Maternal Child Health

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:00 EST

Join NHGRI June 1 when Barbara Biesecker, Ph.D., NHGRI Social and Behavioral Research Branch, delivers a presentation entitled Genomics in Maternal Child Health. The lecture, which explores the implications of diagnostic prenatal testing, is part of the Genomics in Medicine series that NHGRI is sponsoring with Suburban Hospital and the Johns Hopkins University.

Study delivers new insights about effects of metabolic disorder on cognition and learning

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:00 EST

Researchers from NHGRI and the National Institute of Mental Health studied the impact on cognition of methylmalonic acidemia. The condition is caused by an inborn error of metabolism that interferes with digestion and is among those disorders targeted in newborn screening. The study was published in the early online issue of Pediatrics.

NHGRI announces collaboration with Smithsonian for new genome exhibit

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:00 EST

NHGRI announced today a new collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., to develop a high-tech, high-intensity exhibition in 2013. The exhibit will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the completion of the first human genome sequence - the genetic blueprint of the human body.

Video for May 2012 NHGRI advisory council meeting now available

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:00 EST

On May 21st, NHGRI convened the 65th annual meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR). The 1000 Genomes Project and a new NHGRI initiative were among the topics discussed.

Genomic Medicine Centers III meeting video now available

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:00 EST

On May 3-4, 2012, NHGRI sponsored Genomic Medicine Centers III to identify possible solutions to genomic medicine implementation and develop approaches for collaboration among genomic medicine centers. NHGRI recorded the meeting for those unable to attend.