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Staff
Jie Zhou is a data manager and SAS programmer at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… Jie Zhou is a Data manager and SAS programmer at the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH). She is a … with Metabolic Syndrome: Implications for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. CVD Prev Control. 2010 Sep 1;5(3):75-80. …
Research Funding
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
… create a resource that researchers can use to study how inherited changes in genes lead to common diseases. It will … bank that can be used by many researchers around the world for future studies. GTEx researchers are studying genes in … and medical information to the GTEx project makes possible research that will help improve our understanding of …
Clinical Research
A study with the goal of finding the genetic cause of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and several novel and undiagnosed causes of autoinflammatory disease.
… several novel and undiagnosed causes of autoinflammatory disease. For more information, see Protocol 94-HG-0105 or … undiagnosed causes of autoinflammatory disease. … Clinical Research …
Genetic Disorders
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the bowel, usually diagnosed in people between the ages of 20 - 30.
… disease are helping to increase the quality of life for people who have Crohn's disease. … The symptoms of … Children and Teens Genetics and Rare Diseases Information Center Finding Reliable Health Information Online … What is … is the treatment for Crohn's disease? … Is Crohn's disease inherited? … About Crohn's Disease … Crohn's disease is a …
News Release
NHGRI researchers seek help from people with Sickle Cell Disease to find the factors - environmental, social and genetic - that impact the severity of symptoms.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … People with sickle cell disease (SCD) can experience excruciating pain all over their … leg ulcers. Participants will be seen at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. "We have organized a … risk," said Dr. Koehly. "We want to build the foundation for understanding how families communicate with and provide …
Policy Issues
Participating in genomics research is an opportunity to support exploration of the genome and help scientists understand, prevent, detect and treat disease.
… mission to understand, prevent, detect and better treat disease. In some cases, research participants may also gain … to commit? This very much varies from study to study. For any study you are considering, it is important that you … ] NIH Clinical Research Studies At the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland The NIH maintains an online …
Educational Resources
Sickle cell disease is a hereditary disease seen most often among people of African ancestry.
… Sickle Cell Disease … Sickle cell disease is a hereditary disease seen … of African ancestry. … Autosome, Birth Defect, Gene, Inherited, Mutation, Protein, Recessive … Sickle cell disease … genes that encode the hemoglobin protein, the disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. The mutation …
Research at NHGRI
NHGRI's research focuses on the understanding of human biology and developing new methods for treating disease.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) conducts a broad program of … understanding of human biology and develop better methods for the detection, prevention and treatment of heritable and … of human biology and developing new methods for treating disease. … NHGRI's research focuses on the understanding 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.
… resource used by many scientists to study human health and disease. … "ENCODE has created high-quality and easily … a network of researchers to develop and apply methods for mapping candidate functional elements in the genome, and … by ENCODE are organized by two groups: a data coordinating center, which houses the data and provides access to the …
Research Funding
The Genome Sequencing Program uses genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease.
… (HGP). In addition to creating an essential resource for biomedical research, the HGP helped define NHGRI's niche: … to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease across its full spectrum, including rare … Staff and the SAP at an annual meeting. A coordinating center has been funded and established at Rutgers University …