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The state of knowledge regarding the human microbiome is advancing rapidly and a burgeoning new area of research and development is microbiome-based diagnostics. There is much that is not yet known…

ELSI.hub (a National Center for ELSI Resources and Analysis) is a collaboration between Stanford University, Columbia University and partners at the Hastings Center and Harvard University, whose…

Great strides are being made in identifying early signs that put people in a 'high risk state' for illnesses, enabling identification during what has been called a 'high risk state…

Human genome editing is a powerful tool for creating precise changes to the genome, an organism+D6s complete set of genetic material. With these advances has come an explosion of interest in the…

The purpose of this study is to assess assenting and consenting adolescents choices about learning genomic research results. We will refine existing decision tools and processes to promote informed…

Sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) experience significant disparities in health and health care. These inequities result from complex interactions among social, political, environmental, and genomic…

This K99/R00 Award is designed to generate scholarship and interventions to guide genomics companies towards more just practices. It does so through a five-year training and research project, which…

Recent expansions in prenatal genetic testing have renewed concerns from both disability advocates and right- to-life movements that these tests serve primarily to enable elective terminations,…

For nearly three decades, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has supported the study of the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of genetic and genomic research for…

Through the combined study of individual variation in genes, environment, and lifestyle, precision medicine research offers the potential for discoveries that will improve human health. Spurred by…