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Clinical research may yield new health-related information about volunteers who have chosen to participate in the studies.
… When conducting clinical research studies, scientists may discover new … law regarding return of genetic IRRs and IFs is the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) , … sets quality standards for all laboratories performing clinical testing. CLIA prohibits the return of individual …
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Dr. Shchelochkov will oversee the research training, fellowship and residency programs at the institute.
… appointed Oleg Shchelochkov, M.D., as the new director of Clinical and Laboratory Residencies and Fellowships. Dr. Shchelochkov, a clinical geneticist and medical biochemical geneticist, takes … passion for so many areas of genomics — including clinical care and patient management, bioinformatics and emerging …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Office of Laboratory Animal Medicine promotes the humane care and use of animals in biomedical and behavioral research, teaching, and testing.
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… of Laboratory Animal Medicine (OLAM) promotes the humane care and use of animals in biomedical and behavioral … and guidelines to NHGRI investigators on the proper care, use and humane treatment of research animals. OLAM is responsible for housing and care of research animals and for enhancing their well-being. …
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Researchers are asking if the precision medicine approach will reduce or eliminate the role that race plays in prescribing drugs and in health care overall.
… Health care providers have long struggled with considering race when … role that race plays in prescribing drugs and in health care overall. "We focus on drug therapies because that's … "Precision medicine is moving us toward individualized care and away from race-based decision-making on what is the …
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NIH grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, manage heart disease and guide cancer clinicians to the most effective drugs.
… of genomic medicine in community-based clinics and primary care practices, and include rural, minority and other … of clinicians and information scientists will conduct a clinical trial of approximately 6,000 patients to measure cost effectiveness and clinical outcomes of using pharmacogenomics, examining …
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National Institutes of Health researchers have published an assessment of 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care.
… 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care. This approach contrasts with the typical phenotype-first approach to clinical research, which starts with clinical findings. A genotype-first approach to patient care … 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care. …
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This symposium highlights other collaborative efforts between NIH and Children's National, and address genomics and care of children with immunologic diseases.
… framed and supported through a supplemental award to the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children's … NIH and Children's National, and address genomics and care of children with immunologic diseases. … NIH and Children's National, and address genomics and care of children with immunologic diseases. …
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NHGRI researchers asked patients, parents and physicians in the sickle cell disease community (SCD) what they wanted and needed to know about genome editing to make informed decisions about participating in genome-editing clinical trials.
… are seriously ill may overestimate the benefits of early clinical trials while underestimating the risks. This makes … informed decisions about participating in genome-editing clinical trials. Gene-editing treatments, which appear to … can influence a person’s decision to participate in a clinical trial. “Designing clinical trials for curative …
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Mothers may be able to reduce guilt over their children's inherited obesity guilt by being more careful in the future about their children's diet.
… that we don't know," Dr. Persky said. "Any of the clinical discussions that are happening these days are … and that weight gain is controllable. Even some health care providers display negative attitudes toward people who … the interpersonal relationship between patient and health care provider and that it is not harmful in ways we feared," …
Research at NHGRI
In NHGRI, Staff Clinicians work on many different clinical research studies, including helping to better understand, manage, and treat a diverse group of clinical conditions.
… who focuses on providing clinically-oriented patient care services as part of research studies. Staff Clinicians are expected to provide clinical leadership and the highest level of clinical care. In NHGRI, Staff Clinicians work on many … In NHGRI, Staff Clinicians work on many different clinical research studies, including helping to better …