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Researchers explored patients', parents' and physicians' perspectives on the use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing to reverse sickle cell disease.
… the use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing to reverse sickle cell disease (SCD). … that researchers have harnessed to explore two approaches for reducing the burden of the disease. The first approach … generation of therapies. Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States, …
Event
The NHGRI Center for Precision Health Research sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers on research relevant to the use of genomic data and large-scale electronic health record information to improve health.
… The NHGRI Center for Precision Health Research (CPHR) sponsors a monthly … details are updated as information becomes available. For more information, please contact Les Biesecker at email … Center for Precision Health Research Seminar Series … The NHGRI Center for Precision Health Research sponsors a monthly series of …
News Release
NIH expands its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Project, which is creating a fundamental genomics resource scientists to study human health and disease.
… (ENCODE) Project, which is generating a fundamental genomics resource used by many scientists to study human health and disease. … a network of researchers to develop and apply methods for mapping candidate functional elements in the genome, and … the scope of these efforts to include characterization centers, which will study the biological role that candidate …
Staff
Shirley Freeman is an Intramural Program Assistant for NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… Shirley Freeman is an Intramural Program Assistant for the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH) housed under the Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research … Shirley Freeman, Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, zebrafish, …
Policy Issues
Genome editing is currently being applied to research on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease areas.
… on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease areas. … to help scientists understand the basic biology underlying disease, as well as to discover new possible therapeutic … targets. Although excitement about the potential for gene therapy has grown tremendously since the discovery …
News Release
Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network identify novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma.
… cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma, the most common subtype of lung cancer. Knowledge of these genomic … may expand the number of possible therapeutic targets for this disease and potentially identify a greater number of patients … (1-800-422-6237). NHGRI is one of the 27 institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health, an agency of …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… more committed than ever to facilitating the use of genomics for addressing all threats to human health – infectious or … drumbeat about an important upcoming historical milestone for genomics: the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human … and accomplishments from the institute and the field of genomics. …
Staff
Shawneequa Callier is a special volunteer at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS). For over a decade, she has also served as a Special Volunteer at the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health at the National Human Genome … Shawneequa Callier is a special volunteer at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health. …
Staff
Dr. Charles Rotimi is the scientific director of and NIH Distinguished Investigator in the Division of Intramural Research. He also serves as the director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH).
… Benin in Nigeria before immigrating to the United States for further studies. He started his education in the United … into the role of culture, lifestyle and genomics in disease etiology, health disparities and variable drug … studies that explore the patterns and determinants of common complex diseases in human populations with particular …
Health
GenomeEd is a free repository of high-quality genomics educational resources for group instruction or self-directed learning by healthcare professionals and educators.
… GenomeEd is a free repository of high-quality genomics educational resources for group instruction or self-directed learning by healthcare … including the ability to find resources that qualify for continuing education credits. GenomeEd is supported by … collections of genomics educational materials for genetic counselors, nurses, pharmacists, physician …