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A new study highlights how genomic mutations that cause mitochondrial disease may also compromise affected people's immune response.
For Patients and Families
​Pharmacogenomics combines the science of how drugs work, called pharmacology, with the science of the human genome, called genomics.​
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A new study offers insights into why some people's hair goes gray in response to a serious illness or chronic stress.
Genetic Disorders
Turner syndrome is a chromosomal condition that alters development in females.
… who have Turner syndrome may have frequent middle ear infections. Recurrent infections can lead to hearing loss in some cases. Girls with … who have Turner syndrome are more likely to get middle ear infections. Repeated infections may lead to hearing loss and …
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Dr. Peter McGuire is an investigator in NHGRI's Center for Precision Health Research.
Research at NHGRI
An international investigation into the genetics of severe acute malnutrition in children.
… Uganda/Kampala, Uganda  Mulago National Referral Hospital Kampala, Uganda  University of Kinshasa Centre for … of Excellence  Gaborone, Botswana  Haydom Lutheran Hospital Haydom, Tanzania  Tropical Gastroenterology and …
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NHGRI researchers and colleagues are calling for health disparities research that focuses on the microbiome.
… infection in women, ages 15-44) and sexually transmitted infections. While some researchers have focused on …
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NIH researchers have discovered a rare and sometimes lethal inflammatory disease - otulipenia - that primarily affects young children.
… (the cells and proteins present at birth that fight infections). An international network of scientists studying … . The NIH Clinical Center is the nation's largest hospital devoted entirely to clinical research. …
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Researchers at NHGRI have discovered an immune mechanism in humans that perceives threats and was found only in plants.
… gene that encodes the pyrin protein, but certain bacterial infections spark the same activation of the pyrin …
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Dr. Iman Martin is a program director in NHGRI's Division of Genomic Medicine.
… health equity, social determinants of health, emerging infections and complex chronic diseases. …