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Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means to the pediatric mitochondrial disease community.
… Children affected by mitochondrial disease have impaired oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). … nearly all cells of the body, children with mitochondrial disease can have multisystemic problems, especially in organ … a lot of energy. For example, pediatric mitochondrial disease often affects the brain, which may cause children to …
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases.
… The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch (MCIDGB) studies the genomic and … by ethnicity and geography (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, heart and kidney disease, scleroderma and podoconiosis). MCIDGB researchers … Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch …
Research at NHGRI
The Genetic Disease Research Branch studies how genetic changes affect the structure and function of gene products leading to human disease.
… The Genetic Disease Research Branch studies the mechanisms by which … structure and function of gene products leading to human disease. … signaling pathways and transcription factors contribute to disease. Our investigators use genetics and genomic … Genetic Disease Research Branch …
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The Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium aims to advance the application of multi-omic technologies to study health and disease in ancestrally diverse populations.
… exposures, omics, and childhood NAFLD (LEON) Study Disease Study Site** Stephanie Christenson*, Neeta Thakur, … of California, San Francisco EXposomic Profiling in Airway disease to uNravel Determinants of disease in Asthma (EXPAND-Asthma) Center Disease Study Site** …
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NHGRI will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases.
… part of NIH, today launched the Centers for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG), which will use genome sequencing to … the genomic contributions to common diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke and autism. NHGRI also … analysis and program outreach. In addition, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will contribute to …
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Baylor College of Medicine. Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
… variants in patients' genome that may be the cause of a disease. Genome sequencing is an increasingly fast and … especially how their function or malfunction may affect a disease condition. Investigation of gene function is a … which researchers will develop a pipeline of models for disease-causing mutations in a broad range of human genes.  …
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.
… several novel and undiagnosed causes of autoinflammatory disease. For more information, see Protocol 94-HG-0105 or … of patients have clinical features of autoinflammatory disease without a good explanation. Our goal is to discover … Syndrome (MWS) Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID) Undifferentiated autoinflammatory disorders …
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The Undiagnosed Diseases Network has opened an online patient application portal called the UDN Gateway.
CRGGH is now part of the newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch (MCIDGB). … joins NHGRI's Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch … newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch. ​ …
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Researchers with support from NIH will conduct research into the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease.
… research into the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease, analyzing how genome sequences-the order of chemical … contribute to increased risk or protect against the disease. The NIH awarded grants for using innovative new … into why some people with known risks do not develop the disease. …