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15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is transforming how we study, diagnose and treat cancer.
… know that we are increasingly able to detect cancers by testing just a blood sample? Or that we are moving toward treating cancers … and experienced them himself. Lukas was diagnosed with a blood cancer called acute lymphoblastic leukemia (or ALL) in … sequences of his normal cells and those of his cancerous blood cells. In his cancer's genome, they found mutations in …
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NIH researchers have identified and tested a molecule that shows promise as a possible treatment for Gaucher disease and Parkinson's disease.
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Genomicists and clinicians are beginning to offer patients genetic testing for a list of treatable diseases apart from the one that brought them into the clinic.
… and clinicians are beginning to offer patients genomic testing for a list of treatable diseases apart from the … problems. At the NIH Clinical Center, researchers took a blood sample from Bryant. They also asked him if he would … His sister and her children decided to go through genomic testing and discovered that they also shared the same RET …
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NIH researchers have identified a striking signature in tumor DNA that occurs in five different types of cancer.
… advance, the researchers hope to spur development of a blood test that can be used to diagnose a variety of cancers … in developing a test to identify early cancers through a blood test." The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center sequenced … when a cure is more likely. We are looking forward to testing Dr. Elnitski's novel approach using DNA methylation …
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A team from the NIH has surmounted a major obstacle to testing potential drug therapies for a rare, genetic condition called Gaucher disease.
… Institutes of Health has surmounted a major obstacle to testing potential drug therapies for a rare, genetic … enlargement of the liver and spleen, a low number of red blood cells, easy bruising caused by a decreased blood platelets, lung disease, and bone abnormalities such as …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Office of Laboratory Animal Medicine promotes the humane care and use of animals in biomedical and behavioral research, teaching, and testing.
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Dr. David Bodine is the chief of and senior investigator in NHGRI's Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch.
… After postdoctoral work at NIH's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Dr. Bodine founded the Hematopoiesis Section … College in 2013 for his contributions to the genetics of blood disorders. As a graduate student, he was the recipient … National Disease Research Interchange and the Wisconsin Blood Center. Dr. Bodine is an active member of the American …
Educational Resources
Pharmacogenomics is a branch of pharmacology concerned with using DNA and amino acid sequence data to inform drug development and testing.
… amino acid sequence data to inform drug development and testing. … amino acid sequence data to inform drug development and testing. …
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) question advertisements by direct-to-consumer genetic ancestry kits that claim to know what it really means to be American Indian.
… the video tag. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic ancestry testing kit animation. Credit: Ernesto Del Aguila III, NHGRI. … example of people claiming tribal heritage with genetic testing. But claims like these have raised concern when … a lawsuit. They claimed the researchers misused their blood samples for topics that are stigmatizing and for which …
Talking Glossary
Phenotypic variance is the observed variability of a particular trait. For many measurable traits (such as height, skin color, and blood pressure) phenotypic variation can be thought of as a distribution.
… many measurable traits (such as height, skin color, and blood pressure) phenotypic variation can be thought of as a … many measurable traits (such as height, skin color, and blood pressure) phenotypic variation can be thought of as a … many measurable traits (such as height, skin color, and blood pressure) phenotypic variation can be thought of as a …