NIH
NIH Awards $73M to Continue Buildout of ClinGen
NHGRI and NCI are supplying the funds over five years to teams at five institutions that have been leading the ClinGen effort since its initial inception in 2013.
Removal Inquiry
The Wall Street Journal reports that US lawmakers are seeking additional information about the request to remove SARS-CoV-2 sequence data from a database run by the National Institutes of Health.
Developed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, the method could reduce the cost of sample prep by a factor of eight.
NIH Awards $185M to 25 Teams Studying Genomic Variation, Function
The funding for the Genomic Variation on Function consortium will be provided over five years through grants awarded to investigators at 30 sites across the US.
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Wins $2.9M NIH Grant to Study Polygenic Embryo Screening
Unlike preimplantation genetic screening, polygenic embryo screening uses polygenic risk scores to determine complex phenotypes.