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Clinical Research
GENE-FORECAST® is developing a community cohort and resource for defining the significance of ancestry-related genomic variation in African-Americans.
… of Cardiovascular Disease in Africans Americans Study (GENE-FORECAST®) study is developing a community-based cohort and novel … the pathogenesis of CVD in AA. The specific goals of the study are: To examine the associations between common or … the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. The participant recruitment strategy will involve two complementary …
Research Training
Institutional and individual funding from NHGRI to help scientists develop research and professional skills.
… to improve human health. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) provides both institutional and … : Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Pediatric Research (LRP-PR) NOT-OD-24-136 : Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research (LRP-HDR) NOT-OD-24-137 : Extramural Loan Repayment …
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Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.
… database and tissue bank that researchers can use to study how inherited genomic variants - inherited spelling … well as expand the resource database and tissue bank. The research groups will receive approximately $9 million in the … Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which helps administer the …
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Micro-sized technologies are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology.
… grants, which total approximately $14.5 million to eight research teams over two to four years as funds become … Sequencing Technology program of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), a part of NIH. The new group of … Theofilos Kotseroglou, Ph.D. Researchers will study a system to sequence DNA using an enzyme (polymerase) …
Clinical Research
The Protocol Service Center provides assistance in the development and administration of study protocols requiring NIH Institutional Review Board approval.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Protocol Service Center (PSC) … and staff in the development and administration of study protocols that require NIH Institutional Review Board … Federal regulations and policies related to human subjects research. The NHGRI PSC maintains close working relationships …
The Informed Consent Resource
Explore genomics-relevant considerations for informed consent and guidance on how to approach them.
… about the risks and benefits of participating in a research project. … consent process and consent form should reflect the research uses for which samples, genomic data, and health … should ensure that the consent approach for their study is consistent with program or funding agency …
News Release
National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish through cell regeneration. The study may inform the development of treatments for hearing loss in humans.
… Study shows the role of transcription factors in facilitating … Ph.D., senior investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, led the study in collaboration with researchers Ivan Ovcharenko, …
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A new study highlights how genomic mutations that cause mitochondrial disease may also compromise affected people's immune response.
… A new study highlights how genomic mutations that cause … author and investigator at the National Human Genome Research Institute. Related Resources Cytochrome c Oxidase … Training docs to be researchers, too... The NIH MINI Study: Metabolism, Infection and Immunity in Inborn Errors of …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Division of Intramural Research aims to advance the frontiers of genetics and genomics.
… The goal of the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Division of Intramural Research is to advance the frontiers of genetics and genomics. … prognosis, and prevention of rare and common diseases. The study of genomic variation and its effects on phenotype at …
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NIH researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced.
… studied Down syndrome mouse model. The results of this study, published in Biological Psychiatry , may help … senior investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Center for Precision Health Research and senior author of the study. About 6,000 newborns …