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U.S. Government Genetics Agencies Online

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Genomics & Disease Prevention
  http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/default.htm
  Information about human genetic discoveries and how to use to improve health and prevent disease



• Department of Energy
  http://www.doegenomes.org/
  Multiple genetics educational resources



• Genetic Modification Clinical Research Information System (GeMCRIS)
  http://www.gemcris.od.nih.gov/
  Access to an array of information about human gene transfer trials registered with the NIH



• Health Resources and Services Administration - Genetics Services Branch
  http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/
  Organization with mission to improve and expand access to quality healthcare for all



• National Cancer Institute's CancerNet
  http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/prevention-genetics-causes
  Authoritative information about cancer genetics



• National Human Genome Research Institute
  http://www.genome.gov
  Research, health, policy, ethics, education, and training information & resources



• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Environmental Genome Project
  http://www.niehs.nih.gov/envgenom/home.htm
  Project to improve understanding of human genetic susceptibility to environmental exposures



• National Institutes of Health
  http://www.nih.gov/
  Research, health, policy, ethics, education, and training information & resources



• National Institutes of Health Obesity Research
  http://obesityresearch.nih.gov/
  Information about NIH-supported research that seeks to identify genetic, behavioral and environmental causes of obesity



• National Institute of Nursing Research - Summer Genetics Institute
  http://www.ninr.nih.gov/Training/TrainingOpportunitiesIntramural/SummerGeneticsInstitute/
  Summer Genetics Institute program that is designed to provide training in molecular genetics for use in research and clinical practice



• Office of Rare Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/
  Information on thousands of rare disorders



• Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing
  http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/SACGT.HTM
  Policy issues regarding genetic testing (archival)



• Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society
  http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm
  Policy issues regarding the impact of genetic technologies on society

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Last Reviewed: July 23, 2008