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Rare Disease Day 2022: The Evolving Impact of Genomics and Precision Health

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In celebration of Rare Disease Day 2022, we reprint excerpts of four previous blogs. Rare Diseases, Genomics and Public Health: An Expanding Intersection (February 17, 2016) Rare Disease Day is celebrated on the last day of February each year. On that day, millions of patients and their families around the world share their stories in order Read More >

Posted on by Muin J. Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GeorgiaTags

Using Pharmacogenetics to Enhance Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment

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Through a funding opportunity from CDC’s Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health in collaboration with the CDC Office of Advanced Molecular Detection, CDC’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination will conduct a 2-year project to assess relationships between pharmacogenetics (PG), TB drug exposure, relevant treatment outcomes, and safety. Researchers will use information collected in an international phase Read More >

Posted on by Meredith Moore, MPH, Bria Marlowe, MPH, CHES, ORISE Fellow, Carla Jeffries, JD, MPH, Wendy Carr, PhD, Ekaterina Kurbatova, MD, PhD, MPH. Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GeorgiaTags

Precision Public Health in Action: New CDC Pilot Projects Integrate Human Genomics into Public Health Surveillance and Applied Research

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In collaboration with the CDC Office of Advanced Molecular Detection, we recently launched a new, five-year initiative to strengthen public health capacity by introducing elements of human genomics into both public health surveillance and applied research. We report here on the successful launch of one of the initiative’s components. The Office of Genomics and Precision Public Read More >

Posted on by Mindy Clyne, W. David Dotson, Muin J. Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GeorgiaTags