NHGRI Webinar: Hunting for Genes in the New Millennium
NHGRI's new webinar series tackles the latest topics in genomics, health and society through a lively discussion between public health communities, advocacy groups, health providers and members of the public. Our latest webinar, Hunting for Genes in the New Millennium, is now available.
Acting Surgeon General Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H., declared this Thanksgiving the fifth annual National Family History Day. Since 2004, the Surgeon General has urged all Americans to use this time of family gatherings to protect their family's future health by learning about and recording their medical history.
Chemical Genomics Screen Uncovers Clues to Fat Storage
In a study published in the Nov. 25, 2008 issue of PLoS Biology, a team from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the NIH Chemical Genomics Center — an affiliated center with NHGRI — identified a cellular pathway that regulates fat storage and showed that interrupting the pathway boosts the amount of fat stored by human cells.
NHGRI Webinar: Hunting for Genes in the New Millennium
NHGRI's new webinar series tackles the latest topics in genomics, health and society through a lively discussion between public health communities, advocacy groups, health providers and members of the public. Our latest webinar, Hunting for Genes in the New Millennium, is now available.
Acting Surgeon General Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H., declared this Thanksgiving the fifth annual National Family History Day. Since 2004, the Surgeon General has urged all Americans to use this time of family gatherings to protect their family's future health by learning about and recording their medical history.
Chemical Genomics Screen Uncovers Clues to Fat Storage
In a study published in the Nov. 25, 2008 issue of PLoS Biology, a team from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the NIH Chemical Genomics Center — an affiliated center with NHGRI — identified a cellular pathway that regulates fat storage and showed that interrupting the pathway boosts the amount of fat stored by human cells.
The National Human Genome Research Institute led the Human Genome Project for the National Institutes of Health, which culminated in the completion of the full human genome sequence in April 2003. Now, NHGRI moves forward into the genomic era with research aimed at improving human health and fighting disease.
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