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Researchers have used a new combination of microfluidics and genomics to fish out a specific gut bacterium from the sea of microbes in the human microbiome.
… the NIH Common Fund and coordinated by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both parts of the National … information about NHGRI can be found at http://www.genome.gov . The NIH Common Fund encourages collaboration and …
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Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network identify novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma.
… Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified novel … the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both part of the National … to secondhand smoke. In addition to the two lung cancer studies, the TCGA Research Network has generated data and …
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NIH expands its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Project, which is creating a fundamental genomics resource scientists to study human health and disease.
… tools and analyses that are being used extensively in studies to interpret genome sequences and to understand the consequence of genomic … Feingold, Ph.D., a program director in the Division of Genome Sciences at NHGRI. "These awards provide the …
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Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas have discovered genomic differences in head and neck cancers caused by infection with the human papillomavirus.
… Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have discovered genomic … the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both parts of the National … Projects ZIA-DC-000016, 73 and 74. Reference: The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network. Comprehensive genomic …
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Six new grants will support researchers for new computational approaches to search millions of genomic variants for disease susceptibility.
… of funds. They are administered by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Cancer … differences. For the last decade, scientists have used genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to find regions of the genome … Grants to help identify variants in the genome's regulatory regions that affect disease risk …
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A study to learn more about the role of viral infection and biomarkers of immunity in mitochondrial disease, utilizing new technology with Neoteryx™ fingerstick at-home sampling.
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Genomic variants that increase risk of kidney disease are found in nearly one-third of West Africans
A study from researchers at National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators revealed a significant genetic risk factor for kidney disease in people of West African ancestry.
… on Genomics and Global Health at NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). “By comparing this study to previous studies involving the African American population, we can … seen most often in people of West African ancestry, other studies have found these variants in people from Europe, …
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Genomic data science is a field of study that enables researchers to use powerful computational and statistical methods to decode the functional information hidden in DNA sequences.
… ethical responsibilities, as information about a person's genome sequence is associated with complex issues related to … about how they will use and share the resulting genome-sequence data in the process of gaining such informed … must be educated about the implications of their studies and work closely with ethics researchers. …
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Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene.
… results for many of the variants which other research studies have already implicated in T2D in mostly European … populations. The work was funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Institute of … T2D in a personalized manner. National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is one of the 27 institutes …
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Scientists are exploring the genomic and clinical profiles of people with RUNX1 familial platelet disorder.
… and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), who has led an NIH … publishing two papers about their clinical and genomic studies of RUNX1-FPD. "Our study represents the largest … over 100 participants with RUNX1 variants, analyzing their genome, blood, bone marrow and other systems. The …