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The finding marks a new effort in conserving an ancient dog breed, with potential to inform human vocalization processes.
… The finding marks a new effort in conserving an ancient dog breed, with potential … conservation biology and genomics to discover that the New Guinea singing dog, thought to be extinct for 50 years, … population still stealthily wanders in the Highlands of New Guinea. This finding opens new doors for protecting a …
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NHGRI is proud to help support the PBS documentary, “Ken Burns presents The Gene: An Intimate History,” based on the book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D.
… help support the PBS documentary, “Ken Burns presents The Gene: An Intimate History,” based on the book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D. The Gene aired April 7 and 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET. The series, based … In this fun animated series, the gene’s complex mechanisms are explored in simple ways. …
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New research provides a better understanding of some of the genetic and cellular changes in pathways and processes involved in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
… Buxbaum, Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, Mark Daly, Ph.D., Broad Institute of Harvard … of important processes in the brain, from controlling gene activity to transmitting messages. The research was … Researchers uncover new evidence revealing molecular paths to autism …
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Principal investigator-mentors guide new scientists to their next chapter.
… Principal investigator-mentors guide new scientists to their next chapter. … during her senior year at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. She wanted to continue the research she’d started … and is currently writing his doctoral dissertation on gene variants responsible for the clinical differences in NPC …
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The Gene Sweepstakes — or GeneSweep as it became popularly known — was a three-year-long, sweepstakes-style contest organized by British bioinformatician Ewan Birney, Ph.D., of the European Bioinformatics Institute. Scientists participated in the contest by betting on the total number of protein-coding genes that would be identified in the human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project.
… was increasingly performed in more automated ways using new software tools, which quickly became much more efficient … Collins, M.D., Ph.D. included a section dedicated to the “Gene Sweepstake,” pointing out that the basis of GeneSweep … was scientifically unclear — that is, what exactly is a gene? At a basic level, a gene is considered to be a region …
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Gene therapy is an experimental technique for treating disease by altering the patient's genetic material.
… Gene Therapy … Gene therapy is an experimental technique for treating … Genetic Disease, Genetic Disorder, Gene Mutation, Cancer Treatment, Healthcare … Gene therapy is a technique that uses a gene(s) to treat, … or medical disorder. Often, gene therapy works by adding new copies of a gene that is broken, or by replacing a …
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Researchers funded by NIH have completed a detailed atlas documenting stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression.
… documenting the stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression - a key way in which a person's genome gives … scale used by GTEx that enabled researchers to study how gene expression in the liver might be different than in the … of NIH. As one example of how the atlas can be used, a new study published online in the journal Nature , describes …
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NIH researchers have successfully identified differences in gene activity in the brains of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The study, led by scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), found that individuals diagnosed with ADHD had differences in genes that code for known chemicals that brain cells use to communicate.
… New study uses postmortem brain tissues to understand genomic … Health (NIH) have successfully identified differences in gene activity in the brains of people with attention deficit … how specific genes are turned on or off, also known as gene expression . They studied two connected brain regions …
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Scientists are using an exciting gene editing tool called CRISPR/Cas9 to protect plants from harmful DNA viruses, strengthening the plant's protections.
… Scientists are using an exciting gene editing tool called CRISPR/Cas9 to protect plants from … use in many organisms, and this latest iteration develops gene-editing for use in plants. … to snip out segments of an organism's DNA and insert new ones. While using the system to advance technology, …
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As researchers uncover millions of DNA differences in genes, doctors struggle to know which of these inherited differences, called variants, really matter.
… of lab results with uncertain findings about whether a gene or variant is disease-causing," said Jonathan Berg, … In a special report appearing online May 27, 2015, in the New England Journal of Medicine , Drs. Rehm, Berg and other … That could guide treatment and diagnostic choices." To New England Journal co-author and clinical geneticist Sharon …