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The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases.
… The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch (MCIDGB) studies the genomic and … geography (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, heart and kidney disease, scleroderma and podoconiosis). MCIDGB researchers … as well as to understand human history and how it informs disease distribution and etiology. Through large genomic …
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The Undiagnosed Diseases Network has opened an online patient application portal called the UDN Gateway.
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A polygenic risk score is one way by which people can learn what their risk of developing a disease is, based on the total number of genomics variants related to the disease.
… by which people can learn about their risk of developing a disease, based on the total number of changes related to the disease. … abbreviated with the letters A, T, C and G. A genomic variant occurs in a location within the DNA where that code … others may reduce such risk; others have no effect on disease risk. The question is: How do these genomic variants …
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Researchers with support from NIH will conduct research into the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease.
… research into the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease, analyzing how genome sequences-the order of chemical … contribute to increased risk or protect against the disease. The NIH awarded grants for using innovative new … into why some people with known risks do not develop the disease. …
CRGGH is now part of the newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch (MCIDGB). … joins NHGRI's Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch … newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch. ​ …
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The Genome Sequencing Program uses genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease.
… genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease across its full spectrum, including rare diseases … program targets the genomic bases of common, rare disease . A brief history of the sequencing program is … from other NIH institutes for work in particular disease areas. At present, the National Heart, Lung and Blood …
Clinical Research
MINI Section invites caregivers of children with mitochondrial disease to participate in a survey about the use of immune therapies in children with mitochondrial disease.
… Section invites caregivers of children with mitochondrial disease to participate in a survey about the use of immune therapies in children with mitochondrial disease. … may know, the therapies that a child with mitochondrial disease receives vary from person to person. Some children …
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NIH researchers demonstrated that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1.
… correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 (NPC1). The gene therapy involved inserting … a functional copy of the NPC1 gene into mice with the disease; the treated animals were then found to have less … in the journal Human Molecular Genetics . Niemann-Pick disease is a rare and fatal disorder of the central nervous …
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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.
… therapies for a rare, genetic condition called Gaucher disease. Researchers from the National Human Genome Research … cultured cells to exhibit the signature traits of the disease. Using this model, they have now tested a drug … Gaucher disease is an inherited condition caused by alterations in …
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NHGRI researchers have discovered that Mediterranean populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease because of evolutionary pressure to survive the bubonic plague.
… populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease because of evolutionary pressure to survive the … determined that specific genomic variants that cause a disease called familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) may also … that people with only one copy of a MEFV genomic variant that causes FMF do not get the disease. Also, prior …