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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 …
Event
On May 1–2, 2018, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored this NHGRI workshop in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Educational Resources
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 …
Educational Resources
A syndrome is a collection of recognizable traits or abnormalities that tend to occur together and are associated with a specific disease.
… tend to occur together and are associated with a specific disease. … X Syndrome, Genetic Variation, Genetic Testing, Genetic Disease … tend to occur together and characterize a recognizable disease. Some syndromes have a genetic cause. … tend to occur together and are associated with a specific disease. …
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 … Fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive inherited disease, which means it appears only in individuals who …
For Patients and Families
A list of genetic, orphan and rare diseases under investigation by researchers at or associated with the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… A genetic disorder is a disease caused in whole or in part by a change in the DNA … are present in an individual at birth, like sickle cell disease. Other diseases are caused by acquired mutations in a … Genetic Disorder, Genetic Disease, Gene Editing, Genetic Testing, Chromosomes …
News Release
TCF1 (for T cell factor-1) is essential for the creation and persistence of disease-fighting antibodies in the bloodstream.
… long-lasting antibodies that will defend the body against disease for years. Now, a team headed by scientists at the … factor-1) is essential for the creation and persistence of disease-fighting antibodies in the bloodstream. TCF1 doesn't … Ph.D., senior investigator and chief of NHGRI's Genetic Disease Research Branch. "If we knock it out in mice, we …
NEWS RELEASE
Final outcomes from the most comprehensive analysis to-date of humans and their microbiomes definitively link microbes and microbial activities with health problems.
… yet know if a change in a microbial community leads to a disease or if a microbial community changes in response to the development of a disease. Researchers don’t yet know if a change in a microbial community leads to a disease or if a microbial community changes in response to …
News Release
NIH investigators have discovered that genomic switches of a blood cell are key to regulating the human immune system.
… those with autoimmune disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease or rheumatoid arthritis. … risk factors helps us assess a person's susceptibility to disease. With further research on the associated biological … treatments to each individual." Identifying autoimmune disease susceptibility genes can be a challenge because in …
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Researchers recommend genomic approaches to discovering inherited variants in one or a handful of genes that affect an individual's rare disease risk.
… an ongoing challenge of distinguishing variants that cause disease from those that do not. Scientists estimate that each … "Deciding which genomic variants are important players in disease is probably the most difficult challenge that we face … to implicate specific variants as having an effect on disease because there are millions of variants in the human …