Additional Resources

The Genomic and Precision Health Blog, authored by staff of the Office of Public Health Genomics at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, provides comments from a public health perspective on genomic and precision health research and programs conducted by CDC and other institutions.

GenomeWeb is an independent, online news organization that provides news and in-depth analysis of the evolving market for high-throughput genome sequencing and other advanced molecular research tools.

The Hastings Center Bioethics Briefings are nonpartisan overviews of key issues in bioethics contributed by leading bioethicists. Topics include DNA and law enforcement, gene patents, and genetic testing and screening, stem cells, synthetic biology, and others.

Bioethics Today, the blog of the Alden March Bioethics Institute at the Albany Medical Center, hosts interviews, opinion pieces, and articles on healthcare policy, end-of-life decision making, emerging issues in genetics and genomics, and related topics.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides a glossary of genomics terms with links to relevant resources and further information.

The Talking Glossary of Genetics is a learning tool developed by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The glossary features more than 250 common genetic terms pronounced and explained in an easy-to-understand way by leading scientists and professionals at the National Human Genome Research Institute.

The Promoting Safe and Effective Genetic Testing in the United States Glossary, produced by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), provides short definitions of genetics terms and concepts. This resource was last updated in 2006.

The Journal of the American Medical Association produced this Glossary of Genomics Terms in 2013. The glossary includes terms commonly used in the study of genetics compiled using information published in Archives of Ophthalmology, JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, and the Ontology for Biomedical Investigations.

The Genetics Home Reference, a component of an online health information resource from the National Library of Medicine called MedlinePlus, provides consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes associated with those conditions.

The Oral History Collection, Genome Research, part of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Digital Archives, provides the perspectives of leading scientists on the Human Genome Project, the development of molecular biology, and the state of genome science.