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The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recalls the White House event announcing the draft human genome sequence.
News Release
NIH has awarded grants of more than $28 million aimed at deciphering the language of how and when genes are turned on and off.
… elements make genes responsive to a condition, such as infection. We expect these new projects will develop better …
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues have identified genomic variants that cause a rare and severe inflammatory skin disorder, known as disabling pansclerotic morphea, and have found a potential treatment.
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A biological pathway is a series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain product or a change in the cell.
… receiving chemical cues prompted by such things as injury, infection, stress or even the presence or lack of food. To …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the December 2021 NHGRI symposium's success in confronting the difficult pasts of eugenics and scientific racism.
… cause fetal inflammation even in the absence of placental infection COVID-19 vaccination does not reduce chances of …
News Release
NIH researchers identified a novel role for a gene known as heat shock protein 60, finding it is critical in tissue regeneration and wound healing.
… that induces an inflammatory response to bacterial infection from a cut. "A major problem is that diabetes …
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.
… of systemic or localized inflammation, without evidence of infection and without the high antibody titers or …
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NHGRI researchers have generated the largest catalog of genetic variants associated with physical traits for domesticated dog breeds.
Genetic Disorders
Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cells disorders.
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… insights into indi- vidual variability in response to infection, and the protean ways in which infective agents can … of microbial or parasite genes at different phases of infection and hence to define virulence deter- minants and to … in the pattern of diseases from malnutrition and infection to the intractable conditions of middle and old …