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Genome editing is currently being applied to research on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease areas.
… Genome editing is currently being applied to research on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease … editing as a treatment for disease. Many diseases from cancer to asthma have genetic bases. Through the application … commercial labs around the world. Treatments for HIV and cancer are being tested in clinical trials in patients. In …
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NHGRI researchers find that specific abnormal chromosomal patterns in prenatal blood tests warrant whole-body MRI cancer screening.
… patterns in prenatal blood tests warrant whole-body MRI cancer screening. … — the presence of cancerous cells. “When she said cancer, I was in complete denial,” said Erica. “I was in the … pregnant person. In rare cases, the pregnant person has cancer. When a person has cancer, the tumor grows and sheds …
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NIH researchers searched for how the body signals the lack of oxygen in melanoma skin cancer.
… the oxygen and nutrients in the original tumor site, the cancer cells travel to other parts of the body (metastasize) … how the body signals the lack of oxygen in melanoma skin cancer, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers … acts as a sensor for oxygen and nutrients in many types of cancer. They discovered 40 new genes that are either turned …
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TCGA researchers have found that chromophobe renal cell carcinoma stems partly from gene alterations in the mitochondria, the cell's energy supplier.
… Media Availability Researchers in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network have made a number of new … about the biology and development of a rare form of kidney cancer. … of the 66 ChRCC tumors studied, a high number for a rare cancer. The study revealed increased numbers of mitochondria …
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Dr. Settara Chandrasekharappa is an associate investigator in NHGRI's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… Institute (NHGRI), and currently serves as director of the Genomics Core. Dr. Chandrasekharappa's group is essential in … genomic research for NHGRI investigators. As head of the Cancer Genomics Unit, his research efforts led to the identification … The Cancer Genomics Unit (CGU) focuses on adopting genomic …
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NIH researchers have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy.
… have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy. They conducted … an association between AAV and the occurrence of liver cancer. The present research addresses this problem in gene … documented a 50-70 percent higher occurrence of liver cancer in AAV-treated mice compared with a 10 percent liver …
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NIH grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, manage heart disease and guide cancer clinicians to the most effective drugs.
… National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, keep heart disease patients out of hospitals and guide cancer clinicians and patients to the most effective drugs. … on genomically guided prescriptions of cardiovascular and cancer drugs. David Flockhart, M.D. , Ph.D. , Indiana …
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Researchers identified regions of the genome associated with skin color variation in some African populations, furthering skin disease and cancer research.
… In the first study of its kind, an international team of genomics researchers has identified new regions of the human … opening new avenues for research on skin diseases and cancer in all populations. … from these regions is thought to reduce skin damage and cancer. In contrast, lighter pigmentation of people in …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, the 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards and more.
… from home. If you are seeking some virtual connections to genomics, I would like to offer some “remote learning” … Director) and I answered questions about bioethics and genomics research on Twitter as part of #AskDrGenome . Meanwhile, the NHGRI History of Genomics Program continues to showcase oral history …
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NHGRI researchers have developed the Families Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) workbook, which helps people use their family history to assess their risk for heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colorectal cancer.
… to assess their risk for heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colorectal cancer. Since 2012, Laura Koehly, Ph.D., and her research … the study. In a recent study in the journal Public Health Genomics , the researchers published data gathered from … Tool among Low-Income African Americans . Public health genomics , 1–11. Advance online publication. …