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Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D., served as the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 2009 to 2025.
… Genomics education for health care professionals in the 21st century. JAMA , 306(9):989-90. 2011. [ PubMed ] Manolio TA …
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After major advances in hematology, David Bodine retires with an eye towards mentorship and a garden
David Bodine, founder of the Hematopoiesis Section and chief of the Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, advanced the fields of gene therapy and hematology in his 38 years at the NIH. Now, he plans to continue his contributions to science as an emeritus and through training the next generation of scientists.
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A fact sheet detailing how the project began and how it shaped the future of research and technology.
… most important biomedical research undertaking of the 20th Century …
News Release
Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene.
… it confer risk for T2D, and by what mechanisms does it act? That is the knowledge that will help the results become … research, and is investigating the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information …
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Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.
… signals in cells, and another group of proteins that act as switches, affecting which genes are turned on. The … research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information …
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NHGRI researchers have discovered a new inflammatory disorder called vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory and somatic syndrome (VEXAS), which is caused by mutations in the UBA1 gene.
… cells, which are responsible for systemic inflammation and act as the first line of defense against infections. The … research, and is investigating the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information …
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The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project will create a resource that researchers can use to study how inherited changes in genes lead to common diseases
… from tissue to tissue. Researchers also discovered eQTLs act in different ways. Some eQTLs may affect a set of genes …
Educational Resources
Gene therapy is an experimental technique for treating disease by altering the patient's genetic material.
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Four NHGRI researchers share the steps toward a career in genomics with 60 Brooklyn-area high school students.
… event, "Celebrating Genomics Careers for the Twenty-first Century," have been testing a curriculum that the GEOC …
Educational Resources
A tumor suppressor gene directs the production of a protein that is part of the system that regulates cell division.