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Dr. Gahl honored for his leading efforts to diagnose and treat individuals with rare and undiagnosed diseases.
… involved uncovering the genetic basis of the rare disease Arterial Calcification due to Deficiency of CD73 (or … To date, they have discovered 23 new genetic disorders and disease phenotypes. "The UDP has been an extraordinary …
Profile
An interview with Meru Sadhu, an Earl Stadtman Investigator and head of the systems biology and genome engineering section within the NHGRI Intramural Research Program, where he talks about his research and why yeast have a special place in his heart.
… his research and why yeast have a special place in his heart. He even provides a small gardening tip. This … his research and why yeast have a special place in his heart. … his research and why yeast have a special place in his heart. …
Staff
Dr. Ivona Aksentijevich is an associate investigator in NHGRI Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… a CLIA-certified laboratory for autoinflammatory disease diagnostics in the IDS. Her scientific … the now widely accepted concept of autoinflammatory disease to denote a group of disorders mediated by cells of … IL-1b, that cause neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID), an autoinflammatory disease characterized by …
News Release
NIH awarded grants to six medical centers to select from the most difficult-to-solve medical cases and develop effective approaches to diagnose them.
… 15 genes not previously associated with any other human disease. A combination of genomic and clinical analyses …
Educational Resources
Autosomal dominance is a pattern of inheritance characteristic of some genetic diseases.
… (one from each parent) to cause the disorder. Huntington’s disease is an example of an autosomal dominant genetic …
Educational Resources
Down syndrome is a genetic disease resulting from a chromosomal abnormality.
… Down syndrome is a genetic disease resulting from a chromosomal abnormality. … Genetic Disease, Down Syndrome, Trisomy, Chromsomes, Prenatal … Down syndrome is a genetic disease resulting from a chromosomal abnormality. …
Event
On May 1–2, 2018, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored this NHGRI workshop in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Genetic Disorders
Familial Mediterranean Fever is an inherited disease, characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, inflammation, painful, swollen joints, and ankle rash.
… Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an inherited disease, characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, … FMF is considered a rare disease worldwide. However, it is very common in people of … occur include inflammation of the lining surrounding the heart (pericarditis), inflammation of the testis (orchitis), …
Educational Resources
Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by an inability to make or use the hormone insulin.
… Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by an inability to make or use the … Insulin, Type II Diabetes, Type I Diabetes, Autoimmune Disease … Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by an inability to make or use the … Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by an inability to make or use the …
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A candidate gene is a gene whose chromosomal location is associated with a particular disease or other phenotype.
… whose chromosomal location is associated with a particular disease or other phenotype. … Genes, Chromosome, Phenotype, Traits, Disease, Linkage Analysis … is believed to be related to a particular trait, such as a disease or a physical attribute. Because of its genomic …