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Sickle cell disease community hopeful genome editing will rechart course of disease
Researchers explored patients', parents' and physicians' perspectives on the use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing to reverse sickle cell disease.
… and anemia as well as damage to their hearts, lungs and kidneys. Some common themes emerged from the 15 focus groups. …
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NIH researchers tackle thorny side of gene therapy
NIH researchers have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy.
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Investigating how the genome works, one cell at a time
Scientists set their sights on chromatin - the DNA-protein complex that packages DNA into chromosomes in the cell - to better understand how the genome works.
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GTEx findings reveal new insights into how DNA differences influence gene activity
NIH researchers have created a data resource show how differences in an individual's genome can affect gene activity and contribute to disease.
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CRGGH Collaborators Consortia
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Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch
The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases.
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Amy R. Bentley, Ph.D.
Dr. Amy Bentley is a Staff Scientist with the NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
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Michael W. Smith, Ph.D.
Dr. Michael Smith is a program director in the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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NIH probes the genome to understand severe drug reaction
SJS/TEN is a severe drug reactions that affect the skin, and one of the most severe of adverse reactions affecting any system in the body
… organs - everything from the skin, to the eye, to the kidneys. To truly understand the disease, the research effort …
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Centers for Mendelian Genomics uncovering the genomic basis of hundreds of rare conditions
CMG investigators have made significant inroads in discovering genes underlying Mendelian conditions and have uncovered 470 new, previously unknown conditions.
… in a rare Mendelian form of hypertension in which the kidneys cannot regulate salt reabsorption and balance in the …