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An international team of researchers including NIH has completed the first comprehensive characterization of genomic diversity across sub-Saharan Africa.
… has completed the first comprehensive characterization of genomic diversity across sub-Saharan Africa. The region is the most … diverse in the world, yet few studies have looked into genomic risk factors for disease in Africa. … genotyping and whole-genome sequence data to explore the genomic-variation landscape of several African …
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In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease.
… ancestral groups substantially improves identification of genomic variants associated with blood lipid levels. … ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood … tag. To have a fuller understanding of the effects of genomic variation on disease, researchers urge the need to …
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NHGRI researchers and their collaborators, have successfully used facial analysis software to diagnose Noonan syndrome in Africans, Asians and Latin Americans.
… traits), syndrome, continental region of residence and genomic and molecular diagnosis. Previously, the only …
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NIH researchers and collaborators have found that that sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations.
… trait. People with sickle cell trait have one copy of the genomic variant that causes sickle cell disease, a genetic …
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A gene pool is the total genetic diversity found within a population or a species.
… A gene pool is the total genetic diversity found within a population or a species. … Genetic Diversity, Genes, Extinction, Population Genetics … population or species. A large gene pool has extensive genomic diversity and is better able to withstand environmental …
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Genomic variation refers to diversity in gene frequencies.
… Genomic Variation … Genomic variation refers to diversity in gene frequencies. … Genomic variation refers to DNA sequence differences among … Genomic variation refers to diversity in gene frequencies. …
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NIH will fund grants totaling $38 million over five years to develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities.
… calculate polygenic risk scores by comparing the genomic data of people with and without a particular disease. … populations. The new consortium, called PRIMED , will pool genomic information from existing and new datasets to develop … populations. Researchers have used available large-scale genomic datasets to develop the ability to calculate …
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NIH awards more than $64 million to for a database of human cellular responses called the Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures or LINCS.
… than $64 million to six research institutions to create a database of human cellular responses, the Library of … This would enable researchers to simply query the database in order to learn the effect of blocking or … Drug Administration's (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System database to identify drugs that produce adverse events in …
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The Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program is hosting a webinar to gather specific feedback on four potential goals for the field of ELSI research over the next decade.
Policy Issues
Patients with genetic disorders and members of the public have diverse about germline genome editing.