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Genetics is the branch of biology concerned with the study of inheritance, including the interplay of genes, DNA variation and their interactions with environmental factors.
… Genetics … Genetics is the branch of biology concerned with the study of inheritance, … including the interplay of genes, DNA variation and their interactions with environmental factors. … Genetics … including the interplay of genes, DNA variation and their interactions with environmental factors. … Genetics …
News Release
Fearful patients who received information about the role of genomics in obesity were less likely to take steps to improve health habits
… that requires a tetanus shot. But when those bad days, and the emotions they provoke, precede a visit to the doctor, … patients who received information about the role of genomics in being overweight viewed the information as … … Obesity and genomic information, obesity and genetics, medical information and fearfulness, emotions and medical …
Genetic Disorders
Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of metabolism where a type of fat (lipid) called glucocerebroside cannot be adequately degraded.
… makes an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase that breaks down and recycles glucocerebroside - a normal part of the cell … and 3 do affect the nervous system. Type 2 causes serious medical problems beginning in infancy, while Type 3 … disease is currently being conducted at the Medical Genetics Branch of the National Human Genome Research …
Staff
Dr. Introne is a pediatrician, clinical and biochemical geneticist in the Medical Genetics Branch in NHGRI.
… Introne, M.D. … Dr. Introne is a pediatrician, clinical and biochemical geneticist in the Medical Genetics Branch in NHGRI. She completed her M.D. from … Introne’s research focuses on several rare inherited and metabolic disorders, including alkaptonuria, Chediak-Higashi …
Administrative
The Intramural Administrative Management Branch provides administrative management support to the NHGRI Division of Intramural Research.
… The Intramural Administrative Management Branch (IAMB) provides administrative management support to … inventory, human resources, workforce planning, and other related areas. In order to provide these services … the IAMB works in partnership with senior administrators and the National Institutes of Health scientific community in …
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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.
… have made a number of new findings about the biology and development of a rare form of kidney cancer. … They found … cancer, and shed light on the role of mitochondria and metabolic pathways in cancer. The results also support the … National Institutes of Health (NIH) : NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 institutes and centers …
News Release
NIH will support research that incorporates DNA sequence information into electronic medical records.
… that incorporates DNA sequence information into electronic medical records. The goal of research conducted by the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) network is to better understand the genomic …
Staff
Dr. Grisel Lopez is a Board-certified neurologist and researcher in the Medical Genetics Branch of NHGRI.
… M.D. … Dr. Grisel Lopez is a Board-certified neurologist and researcher in the Medical Genetics Branch of NHGRI. She completed her medical degree …
News Release
Diverse populations are still underrepresented in public genomic databases, according to a new study by researchers from the NIH and Harvard Medical School.
… by researchers from the National Institutes of Health and Partners Healthcare/Harvard Medical School.* … Diverse Groups Underrepresented in Genomic … Bonham is also the Senior Advisor to the NHGRI Director on Genomics and Health Disparities. "Because genomic information …
Staff
Dr. Amanda Ombrello is a clinical researcher in the Inflammatory Disease Section of NHGRI's Medical Genetics Branch.
… researcher in the Inflammatory Disease Section of the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research … in Missouri in 2003; completed internal medicine and pediatrics residency and a sub specialization in both …