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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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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," …
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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 …
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 …
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An expert panel from the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) has critically reevaluated the scientific evidence for all 17 reported genes, disputing nine of the genes and revealing only three of the genes to be definitively associated with the most common form of the disease.
… a little-known inherited heart condition. However, the Clinical Genome Resource ’s (ClinGen) expert panel has … ClinGen is an NHGRI-funded resource that defines the clinical relevance or validity of genes in various genetic … suggest that these genes not be routinely tested in clinical settings when evaluating patients and families with …
Genomics and Medicine
Starting in 2019, the American Journal of Human Genetics has published an annual feature identifying ten key advances in applying genomic information to clinical care that were reported in the previous 12 months of published literature. The Genomic Medicine Working Group has authored these reviews, based on its broader effort to identify notable accomplishments in genomic medicine on a monthly basis. From this larger set of published accomplishments, the working group has continued to select ten papers annually to be highlighted as the most significant.
… families 4. Chronic disease polygenic risk scores for clinical implementation in diverse US populations 5. Skeletal … retinal disease with gene editing 7. Validation of a clinical breast cancer risk assessment tool for all ancestries 8. Broader access to clinical genome sequencing benefits diverse individuals with …