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Dr. Sergey Koren is an associate Investigator in the Genome Informatics Section of the Center for Genomics and Data Science Research.
… Dr. Koren is an associate investigator in the Genome Informatics Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute. After completing his M.S., Dr. … Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) where he led genome assembly development and pioneered the use of …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have identified new genes associated with the Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and some possible new therapies.
… National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) researchers have identified …
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Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene.
… Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 … Mellitus study, the single largest diabetes genomic association study conducted on the continent. Using the … populations. The work was funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Institute of …
Staff
Dr. Francis Collins was a senior investigator in Center for Precision Health Research.
… genes and his leadership of the international Human Genome Project, which culminated in April 2003 with the … book. He served as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH from 1993-2008. Dr. … of affected sib pairs, and then moved on to perform genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and has subsequently …
Clinical Research
A study with the goal of finding the genetic cause of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and several novel and undiagnosed causes of autoinflammatory disease.
… with an autoinflammatory syndrome, or if there are other studies that may be more beneficial to the patient. …
News Release
By considering mixed genetic lineages, NHGRI researchers demonstrated that previously inferred links between a genomic variant that helps digest lactose and traits such as a person’s height and cholesterol level may not be valid.
… mixed genetic lineages, researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … as admixture. As such, the results from previous genome-wide association studies that do not account for admixture in … Previous genetic association studies involving people with European ancestry …
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Researchers funded by NHGRI’s Genome Technology Program include a wide range of investigators with a variety of scientific expertise.
… Researchers funded by NHGRI’s Genome Technology Program include a wide range of investigators with a variety of scientific … and disease. To address this challenge, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, supports … and develop novel approaches and technologies through the Genome Technology Program . Over the past 20 years, the …
Clinical Research
This study explores how microbes, such as bacteria and fungi, contribute to a very common skin condition called Atopic Dermatitis, known as eczema.
… Atopic Dermatitis (AD), also known as eczema. With these studies, we hope to lay the groundwork for development of … bacteria and fungi, contribute to this disease. With these studies, we hope to lay the groundwork for development of …
Fact Sheets
Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
… describes the study of all of a person's genes (the genome). … one generation to another. Genetics involves scientific studies of genes and their effects. Genes (units of heredity) … that describes the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each …
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Two grants will support studies on genomic literacy among Africans relating to research conducted in Africa by African investigators.
… Two grants totaling more than $300,000 will support studies on genomic literacy among Africans as it relates to … in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. "We hope that … projects could lead to broader applications. "Both studies will increase our knowledge of how to tailor informed …