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Genetic Disorders
Achondroplasia is a disorder of bone growth and the most common form of disproportionate short stature.
… Achondroplasia is a disorder of bone growth. It is the most common form of disproportionate short stature. It occurs in … … Achondroplasia is a disorder of bone growth and the most common form of disproportionate short stature. … … … Achondroplasia is a disorder of bone growth and the most common form of disproportionate short stature. … Genetic …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have discovered clues to the possible cause of recurring, non-contagious fevers and sores that affect only children. Several genes have been implicated with the syndrome, known as PFAPA syndrome (Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, Adenitis), which could lead to new treatments.
… that also involved sores on the body, including the common canker sore. The study illustrates how long-standing … during flares.” While PFAPA syndrome has become the most common recurring fever syndrome in children from Western … and canker sores. Each illness presented itself with one common symptom – canker sores. The group looked into whether …
Educational Resources
A fibroblast is the most common type of cell found in connective tissue.
… Fibroblast … A fibroblast is the most common type of cell found in connective tissue. … Cell … studies of that individual. … A fibroblast is the most common type of cell found in connective tissue. … Educational …
Genetic Disorders
Klinefelter syndrome is a condition that occurs in men as a result of an extra X chromosome. The most common symptom is infertility.
… in men as a result of an extra X chromosome. The most common symptom is infertility. … Klinefelter syndrome is a … in men as a result of an extra X chromosome. The most common symptom is infertility. Humans have 46 chromosomes, … variations of the XXY chromosome count may occur, the most common being the XY/XXY mosaic. In this variation, some of …
News Release
Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network identify novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma.
… cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma, the most common subtype of lung cancer. Knowledge of these genomic … Institutes of Health. A TCGA analysis of another, less common, form of lung cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, was … the several forms of lung cancer comprise the most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with more …
Genetic Disorders
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer.
… Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer. Each year, … breast cancer in her lifetime. … Breast cancer is a common disease. Each year, approximately 200,000 women in the … … About Breast Cancer … Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer. Approximately …
News Release
NHGRI researchers asked patients, parents and physicians in the sickle cell disease community (SCD) what they wanted and needed to know about genome editing to make informed decisions about participating in genome-editing clinical trials.
… About NHGRI and NIH … As genome-editing trials become more common, informed consent is changing … NHGRI researchers …
Research Funding
Applications demonstrating excellent grantsmanship, grant mechanisms and research methodologies common to ethical, legal and social implications research.
… a variety of grant mechanisms and research methodologies common to ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) … grantsmanship, grant mechanisms and research methodologies common to ethical, legal and social implications research. … grantsmanship, grant mechanisms and research methodologies common to ethical, legal and social implications research. … …
Staff
Dr. Adam Felsenfeld is a program director in the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… and specific responsibility for the NHGRI Centers for Common Disease Genomics program and the GSP Analysis Centers. … … Adam Felsenfeld, genome sequencing, DNA sequencing, common diseases, rare diseases … Adam Felsenfeld, genome sequencing, DNA sequencing, common diseases, rare diseases … Dr. Adam Felsenfeld is a …
Policy Issues
This glossary contains definitions for commonly used terms (such as "bill", "statute", "regulation" and more) found in the Genome Statue and Legislative Database.
… 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations each year. Final Rule: A regulation that has gone through the review and … by title, part, and section (e.g., 42 CFR 2a.5). Proposed Rule: A regulation published by an executive-branch … published annually in Statutes at Large . Regulation: A rule or order issued by a federal or state executive-branch …