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20 papers published online in 2014 highlight research on DNA biorepositories and electronic medical records to better understand the genomics of disease.
… with "loss of function" (LOF) variants, the body's bone marrow may be suppressed after chemotherapy treatment - a …
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… those who are having acute interventions performed such as bone marrow transplant, or those who are directly participating in … hematologic disease. We do these tests on blood samples, bone marrow samples and skin biopsies. This means there is a …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is altering a genome with unparalleled efficiency and precision.
… and then re-insert the modified cells into the person's bone marrow. Since there are still no cures for sickle cell … that works for that specific body location. This makes the bone marrow and the eye attractive for CRISPR-based therapies …
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Cynthia Tifft, M.D., Ph.D. is the deputy clinical director for the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… therapeutic options. The collaborators determined that bone marrow transplantation could double the lifespan of Sandhoff … 2016. [ PubMed ] Trehan A, Brady JM, Maduro V, Bone WP, Huang Y, Golas GA, Kane MS, Lee PR, Thurm A, Gropman …
Genomics and Medicine
Starting in 2019, the American Journal of Human Genetics has published an annual feature identifying ten key advances in applying genomic information to clinical care that were reported in the previous 12 months of published literature. The Genomic Medicine Working Group has authored these reviews, based on its broader effort to identify notable accomplishments in genomic medicine on a monthly basis. From this larger set of published accomplishments, the working group has continued to select ten papers annually to be highlighted as the most significant.
… eminently feasible Genomic analysis can reduce unnecessary bone marrow biopsies in African Americans One third of cardiology …
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NHGRI's Dr. Elaine Ostrander and the Smithsonian's Dr. Dennis Stanford discover North America's oldest dog relics, important in canine genome research.
… are present in the correct order and different levels of bone structure are visible. DNA from the 25 to 30 samples may … Koepfli (Smithsonian) collects a sample of ancient dog bone. Photo credit: Brennan Decker, NHGRI. "If the remains …
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Dr. Ivona Aksentijevich is an associate investigator in NHGRI Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… is an important cause of polyarteritis nodosa as well as bone marrow failure. Dr. Aksentijevich has also made important … (DIRA): A Systemic Autoinflammatory Disease of Skin and Bone. N Engl J Med, 360(23):2426-37 . 2009.[ PubMed ] Masters …
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… guidelines : chromos ome s tudies of neoplas tic blood and bone marrow –acquired chromos omal abnormalities . Genet Med …
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Genomic analyses turned up genes that belong to inflammatory pathways.
… multi-focal osteomyelitis (CRMO), or inflammation of the bone. "Children who have CRMO can have inflammation in one bone, and then in a different bone," said Dr. Kastner. "Sometimes it can be multiple bones …
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… called conditioning. Chemotherapy helps make room in your bone marrow to receive the modified stem cells. Chemotherapy is …