If "you are what you eat," we must better understand our food to keep ourselves healthy. After all, food that we consume is quite literally the building blocks for cells in the body. In November, researchers from around the world published studies evaluating the potential of genomics to improve our diets. So, in the spirit of the holiday feasts, this Genome Advance of the Month focuses on articles that ask, "What's for dinner?" Read more
On November 27-28, 2012, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) held its second annual scientific symposium, holding collaborative workshops, poster sessions and plenary presentations. TCGA investigators from around the world shared their novel biological discoveries, analytical methods and translational approaches using TCGA data. Videos and slides of the lectures are now available.
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Big questions often require big efforts to find the big answers. As a funding agency and a guiding force for the Human Genome Project, NHGRI has led the research community in tackling those big questions. NHGRI Director Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about how continuing to ask the big questions will help genomics advance medical care and improve human health. Read more
Drama sets the stage for exploring medical technology's ethical dilemmas
Plays like Frankenstein and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? provide insight into the ethical, legal and social implications of emerging medical technologies, according to research by NHGRI's Karen H. Rothenberg, J.D., M.P.A. and Columbia University's Lynn W. Bush, Ph.D., M.S. Their article, Manipulating Fate: Medical Innovations, Ethical Implications, Theatrical Illuminations, appears in an upcoming issue of the Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy. Read more
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