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Appropriate use of population descriptors in research is a critical scientific issue that is important for advancing genomic science and improving healthcare across human populations.
… way to place people into racial or ethnic groups using biology or innate characteristics. For example, people with … ancestry involves analyzing DNA variants and is tied to biology, as described above, the availability of reference … and Differences among Worldwide Human Populations . Human Biology , 2021.  Race: Talking Glossary of Genetic and …
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NIH researchers have identified a treatment that significantly decreases the risk of stroke in children with a rare genetic disease called Deficiency of Adenosine Deaminase Type 2 (DADA2).
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Dr. Neil Hanchard is a clinical investigator within the Center for Precision Health Research (CPHR) and head of the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section within the CPHR.
… to expand our COEH cohort and better characterize the vascular and clinical phenotype of gene variant carriers.  …
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TCGA researchers have found that chromophobe renal cell carcinoma stems partly from gene alterations in the mitochondria, the cell's energy supplier.
… Network have made a number of new findings about the biology and development of a rare form of kidney cancer. … families, through research into prevention and cancer biology, the development of new interventions, and the …
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Dr. Issel Anne Lim is the Deputy Director of the Division of Extramural Operations (DEO) within NHGRI’s Extramural Research Program (ERP).
… for neurodegenerative conditions. She earned her B.Sc. in Biology, with minors in biomedical engineering and … Volume in Schizophrenia Measured With 3D Inflow-Based Vascular-Space-Occupancy MRI at 7T . Schizophr Bull . 2017 …
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Researchers have created a promising new method to accurately and more comprehensively analyze and interpret DNA sequence information from cancer patients.
… families, through research into prevention and cancer biology, the development of new interventions, and the …
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Four NHGRI researchers share the steps toward a career in genomics with 60 Brooklyn-area high school students.
… Keisha Findley's high school biology teacher made science fun and interesting, inspiring … Bishop , laboratory technician, Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, NHGRI, who works on various research projects …
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A fact sheet detailing how the project began and how it shaped the future of research and technology.
… from across the world, involving experts in engineering, biology, and computer science, among other areas. It also …
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NIH researchers have created a data resource show how differences in an individual's genome can affect gene activity and contribute to disease.
… open new avenues to the study and understanding of human biology. … May 8 in the journals Bioinformatics , PLoS Computational Biology and Genome Research . This work was supported by the … families, through research into prevention and cancer biology, the development of new interventions, and the …
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Dr. William A. Gahl is a senior investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch and the director of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program.
… Dr. William A. Gahl earned his B.S. in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in … diseases, employing the disciplines of biochemistry, cell biology and genetics. These pursuits have involved both … program has spearheaded the discovery of a new disease of vascular calcification called arterial calcification due to …