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Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
An FAQ designed to help healthcare professionals understand the diverse landscape of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing and the benefits and limitations of these tests.
News Release
A team from the NIH has surmounted a major obstacle to testing potential drug therapies for a rare, genetic condition called Gaucher disease.
… are cellular housekeepers that dispose of cell debris and pathogens. According to the study, researchers found two ways …
News Release
A new study offers insights into why some people's hair goes gray in response to a serious illness or chronic stress.
… When a body is under attack from a viral or bacterial infection, the body's innate immune system kicks …
News Release
Scientists are using an exciting gene editing tool called CRISPR/Cas9 to protect plants from harmful DNA viruses, strengthening the plant's protections.
… how these scientists inserted the code for an ancient bacterial immune system into a plant's genome to successfully …
Fact Sheets
Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
… from a single, common ancestor. For example, when a single bacterial cell copies its DNA and divides thousands of times, … the same DNA and will be clones of the common ancestor bacterial cell. Gene cloning involves manipulations to make …
Educational Resources
An animal model is a non-human species used in medical research because it can mimic aspects of a disease found in humans.
Educational Resources
The plasma membrane, also called the cell membrane, is the membrane found in all cells that separates the interior of the cell from the outside environment.
… the interior of the cell from the outside environment. In bacterial and plant cells, a cell wall is attached to the …
Genetic Disorders
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the bowel, usually diagnosed in people between the ages of 20 - 30.
… the body's inflammation process. Antibiotics to treat bacterial overgrowth in the intestine or before surgery. …
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… human genome project, the genomes of a number of important pathogens, disease vectors and plants are being … of these recombinant carriers of DNA, which were grown in bacterial cultures. Individual colonies containing genes of … genome into small segments which were then inserted into bacterial artificial chromo- somes (BACs). These were then …
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… IBS, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s DiseaseUrogenital:bacterial vaginosis, circumcision, sexual histories Microbial … Alzheimer’s, autism, psychiatric disordersVa g i n a : bacterial vaginosis, preterm birthMicrobiome(s) and … Recent advances in microbiome research*üGut bacteria/bacterial metabolism and obesityüBacterial metabolism and …