Category: genetic literacy

Your Genes, Your Health: The Importance of Genetic Literacy and Education

a group of people from kinder garden to health professionals standing behind a table of building blocks made out of ATCG and the word GENES and DNA

In March 2017, the National Human Genome Research Institute, in collaboration with the Foundation for the NIH and several private sector organizations, held an important strategic planning meeting in Bethesda, the Genetic Literacy, Education and Empowerment (GLEE) Initiative.  Advances in genomics over the past two decades are leading to opportunities to use genomic information in Read More >

Posted on by Muin J. Khoury MD, PhD, Katherine Kolor, PHD, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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