Closing symposium features genomics, global health and the future
Fans of Genome: Unlocking Life's Code, an exhibition created by the NHGRI and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, assembled at NMNH's Baird Auditorium on Sept. 30, for a celebratory symposium, Genomics and Global Health: What does the Future Hold? The symposium was the closing event for the exhibition and also hailed the exhibition's opening at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego, the first in a series of museums the exhibition is scheduled to visit. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - October 16, 2014 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
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In early October, NHGRI sponsored its seventh Genomic Medicine Centers meeting - Genomic Clinical Decision Support - Developing Solutions for Clinical and Research Implementation. Blackford Middleton, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., Vanderbilt University, and Marc Williams, M.D., Geisinger Health System, co-chaired the meeting. Full video is now available. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - October 10, 2014 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Investigating the Genomic Origins of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak
The Ebola virus in West Africa has infected and killed thousands of people in the region. Despite treatment and containment efforts, the epidemic persists with a fatality rate of 52 percent. In the August 28 online issue of Science, research scientists from Harvard University used genomic sequencing techniques to study the current outbreak's origin, transmission and relation to other outbreaks. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - September 29, 2014 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
