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NIH researchers have identified a striking signature in tumor DNA that occurs in five different types of cancer.
… of Health researchers have identified a striking signature in tumor DNA that occurs in five different types of cancer. They also found evidence that this methylation … (hypermethylation), like that found by the researchers in some tumor DNA, decreases a gene's activity. Based on this …
Talking Glossary
La hibridación in situ es una técnica de laboratorio empleada para localizar una secuencia de ADN o ARN en una muestra biológica.
… Hibridación in situ … La hibridación in situ es una técnica de laboratorio empleada para localizar … La hibridación in situ es una técnica de laboratorio empleada para localizar … La hibridación in situ es una técnica de laboratorio empleada para localizar …
Talking Glossary
Un gen de susceptibilidad al cáncer es un gen que, cuando cambia (o muta) confiere a la persona un mayor riesgo de desarrollar cáncer.
Educational Resources
Prostate cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in the prostate gland, which is part of the male reproductive system.
… Prostate Cancer … Prostate cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in the prostate gland, which is part of the male reproductive … Cancer, Cell, Mitosis, Mutation … is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in the prostate gland, which is part of the male reproductive …
Fact Sheets
A biological pathway is a series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain product or a change in the cell.
… A biological pathway is a series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain product or a change in the cell. It can trigger the assembly of new molecules, … the body processes drugs, while others play a major role in how a fertilized egg develops into a baby. Other pathways …
News Release
NIH-funded researchers completed the PanCancer Atlas from over 10,000 tumors representing 33 types of cancer.
… from over 10,000 tumors representing 33 types of cancer. … Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. "This analysis provides cancer researchers with unprecedented understanding of how, where and why tumors arise in humans, enabling better informed clinical trials and …
Fact Sheets
La hibridación fluorescente in situ brinda a los investigadores una manera de visualizar y mapear el material genético en las células de un individuo​.​ ​
… La hibridación fluorescente in situ (HFIS) brinda a los investigadores una manera de … hfis.jpg] ¿Qué es la HFIS? La hibridación fluorescente in situ (HFIS) brinda a los investigadores una manera de … Hibridación fluorescente in situ … La hibridación fluorescente in situ brinda a los investigadores una manera de visualizar …
Staff
Dr. Charles Venditti is a chief and senior investigator of NHGRI's Metabolic Medicine Branch.
… a S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1988 and was an M.D., Ph.D. scholarship recipient at Penn State University. After graduation in 1996, he completed a pediatrics residency at Massachusetts … the hereditary methylmalonic acidemias (MMA) and cobalamin metabolic disorders. The clinical research studies are …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2018 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the success of The Cancer Genome Atlas.
… will host a Town Hall at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA on June 19, 2018, and at Stanford University in Stanford, CA on July 17, 2018. … hugely successful in its mission to catalog the genomic changes underlying multiple cancer types. Ambitious in scope …
Clinical Research
A Longitudinal Natural History Study of Children with Mitochondrial Disease (at the NIH Clinical Center).
… between infection, immunity and clinical decline in individuals with mitochondrial disease. Mitochondrial … with the cell’s ability to produce energy. Infection in individuals with mitochondrial disease can lead to … not able to provide a "first time" diagnosis or regular metabolic care. …