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The Genomics and Public Service Fellowship Program continues post-graduate fellowship programs in public policy and education and engagement and adds two new programs – a post-graduate communications fellowship and a post-baccalaureate fellowship.
… programs. The Genomics and Public Service Fellowship Program recognizes the importance of diverse career paths to inform and advance genomics and its applications. The program provides training and career development in public … Contact the fellowship program at fellowships@ashg.org or submit our Fellowship …
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Researchers with support from NIH will conduct research into the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease.
… with the NHGRI Large-Scale Sequencing and Analysis Centers program, an NIH-supported consortium that generates and … Institutes of Health. The NHGRI Extramural Research Program supports grants for research and training and career … the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, …
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NIH researchers demonstrated that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1.
… to understand, diagnose and treat genomic and genetic diseases. Additional information about NHGRI can be found at: … the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, …
Research Training
NHGRI funds training and career development programs at academic, medical and other institutions throughout the U.S.
… T32 Genome Science  Predoc Postdoc Institution Program Title Program Director(s) Program Support ✔  Harvard Medical School Training Program … T32 Genomic Medicine  Predoc Postdoc Institution Program Title Program Director(s) Program Support  ✔ Massachusetts General …
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A team from the NIH has surmounted a major obstacle to testing potential drug therapies for a rare, genetic condition called Gaucher disease.
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Sickle cell disease resources for patients
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Researchers explored patients', parents' and physicians' perspectives on the use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing to reverse sickle cell disease.
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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.
… in a gene called UBA1  are associated with inflammatory diseases … some form of a chronic inflammatory disease. Many of these diseases have overlapping symptoms, which often make it … the genome sequences from more than 2,500 individuals with undiagnosed inflammatory diseases, paying particular …
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Scientists studying the genomes of nearly 5,000 people have pinpointed a genetic variant tied to an increased risk for stroke and cardiovascular disease.
… pathway that plays a major role in several common diseases. Together, their findings may provide new clues to … of stroke, cardiovascular disease and many other common diseases," said Stephen R. Williams, Ph.D., a postdoctoral … (NHGRI) Genomics and Randomized Trials Network (GARNET) program ( …
Event
Webinar to discuss NHGRI's support of a new Human Genome Reference Program beginning in fiscal year 2020.
… NHGRI will fund a new Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) beginning in fiscal year 2020. The program will consist of a coordinating center, high quality … Human Genome Reference Program Webinar … to discuss NHGRI's support of a new Human Genome Reference Program beginning in fiscal year 2020. …