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Stacie Anderson is an associate director in the Office of Scientific Core Facilities and is also the director of the Flow Cytometry Core. ​
… cell tissue sample including, but not limited to blood, bone marrow, lymph node, spleen, thymus, lung, and neuronal cells. …
Fact Sheet
Learn about the different types of hemoglobin.
… and platelets. Blood stem cells live and divide in your bone marrow . White blood cells are part of the body's immune …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have released new educational materials to help the sickle cell disease community learn about gene therapies for the disease.
… the only treatment to cure sickle cell disease is a bone marrow transplant, but this is not possible for everyone as …
News Release
A genetic mutation that triggers bladder cancer in dogs is identical to a mutation that is implicated in multiple human cancers.
… to immune system research that led to development of bone marrow transplantation. "Dogs and humans have a similar …
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).
… like umbilical cord blood in newborns, circulating blood, bone marrow or skin. Medical researchers are investigating the use … cells have been used in experiments to form cells of the bone marrow, heart, blood vessels, and muscle. Since the …
News Release
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has long invested in basic genetics and genomics research, clinical trials, as well as translational medicine and social science studies, to advance our understanding of this widespread illness to help develop effective therapies.
… the use of gene therapy to make genetic changes in the bone marrow of sickle cell patients, leading to normal red blood …
Genetic Disorders
Wilson disease is a rare genetic condition that causes a person's body to store too much of the mineral copper, leading to organ damage that may cause death.
… and uric acid in the urine Early onset of arthritis and bone loss … such as fever, rash and effects on the kidneys and bone marrow. The risks associated with trientine appear to be …
Genetic Disorders
Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal genetic disorder that results in progressive destruction of the nervous system.
… the Hex-A that is lacking in babies with Tay-Sachs. Bone marrow transplantation has been attempted also, but to date …
Genetic Disorders
Familial Mediterranean Fever is an inherited disease, characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, inflammation, painful, swollen joints, and ankle rash.
… which are important in the immune response, and myeloid bone marrow precursors. Although the precise function of pyrin is …
News Release
NIH and Inova Health are launching The Genomic Ascertainment Cohort, a pilot project that will examine gene and gene variant influence on phenotypes.
… the database, including NHGRI's CLINSEQ program, healthy bone marrow donors from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood …