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The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2018 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the success of The Cancer Genome Atlas.
… I was deeply flattered to receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Washington University at its 2018 …  …  After more than a decade, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) program is drawing to an end. A … published a capstone analysis, known as the PanCancer Atlas - a collection of 29 papers published across a suite of …
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Researchers funded by NIH have completed a detailed atlas documenting stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression.
… Faherty … Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have completed a detailed atlas documenting the stretches of human DNA that influence … an observable trait, like hair color or disease risk. This atlas is a critical resource for the scientific community …
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AIDS is a collection of symptoms known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
… Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) … AIDS is a collection of symptoms known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. … … Acid), Retrovirus Virus … AIDS is a collection of symptoms known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It … human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which leads to loss of immune cells and leaves individuals susceptible to other …
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NHGRI researchers have discovered a new inflammatory disorder called vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory and somatic syndrome (VEXAS), which is caused by mutations in the UBA1 gene.
… diseases … Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered a new inflammatory disorder … reported their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine . Nearly 125 million people in the U.S. live with some form of a chronic inflammatory disease. Many of these diseases …
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Three summer interns advanced biomedical research as part of the NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Sciences.
… … Brenda Iriele grew up seeing first-hand the human cost of inadequate healthcare. Raised in Nigeria, a country where … project was to assist scientists with building out the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations , an online …
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NIH-funded researchers completed the PanCancer Atlas from over 10,000 tumors representing 33 types of cancer.
… Ph.D. … Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have completed a detailed genomic analysis, known as the PanCancer Atlas, on a data set of molecular and clinical information … clinical trials and future treatments." The Pan-Cancer Atlas, published as a collection of 27 papers across a suite …
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NIH researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced.
… options for Down syndrome. … National Institutes of Health researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated … previously studied Down syndrome mouse model. The results of this study, published in Biological Psychiatry , may help …
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Stomach cancers fall into four distinct molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas Network have found.
… molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network have found. In the study, published … … A More Useful Classification System Instead of considering gastric cancer as a single disease, as has … . Reference: The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network. Comprehensive Molecular …
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Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network have identified new potential therapeutic targets for a major form of bladder cancer.
… Liaison Branch … Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified new potential therapeutic targets for a major form of bladder cancer, including important genes and pathways … U24CA143883, and U24CA144025. Reference: The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network. Comprehensive molecular …
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The TCGA network describes uterine and bile duct cancer.
… and Public Liaison Branch … The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a program co-funded by the National Cancer … and NHGRI, has greatly improved our understanding of the molecular signatures underlying different cancers - … by African and European Ancestry in The Cancer Genome Atlas Large data set brings precision to breast cancer …