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The Genomics Landscape
In the July 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., emphasizes the importance of the Technology Transfer Office and its mission to manage all the legal negotiations that help to protect federally funded research from being unduly exploited, while also giving that research avenues to reach patients through the commercialization of promising advances.
… Hence, the “don’t sign anything without checking first!” rule. Basically, the TTO manages all the legal negotiations …
News Release
Two grants will support studies on genomic literacy among Africans relating to research conducted in Africa by African investigators.
… program, funded by the National Institutes of Health's Common Fund in partnership with Britain's Wellcome Trust. … … about NHGRI can be found at www.genome.gov . The NIH Common Fund encourages collaboration and supports a series of exceptionally high-impact, trans-NIH programs. Common Fund programs are designed to pursue major …
Genetic Disorders
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that causes the body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs, leads to infection, and blocks the pancreas.
… Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common, fatal genetic disease in the United States. About … was given to a patient with CF. Researchers modified a common cold virus to act as a delivery vehicle - or "vector"- … are readily accessible and because lung damage is the most common, life-threatening problem in CF patients. But …
For Patients and Families
Clinical research is research conducted with human subjects, or material of human origin, in which the researcher directly interacts with human subjects.
… are working to uncover the genetic components of common disorders such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, as well as less common conditions such as Marfan syndrome ( Learning About …
Educational Resources
Step-by-step instructions and printable folding paper included in the downloadable document.
… a design created by Alex Bateman of EMBL-EBI. The most common shape of DNA in living cells is a right-handed double …
Research Funding
Effort to accelerate understanding of the molecular basis of cancer using genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing.
… Study identifies novel genomic changes in the most common type of lung cancer r (2014) TCGA bladder cancer …
Research Funding
NHGRI is initiating a new program-the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium to develop a framework for systematically understanding the effects of genomic variation on genome function and how these effects shape phenotypes.
… bioinformatic method results, and curated knowledge across common diseases within a web-portal with user friendly access … will implement machine learning algorithms to integrate common and rare variant genetics with IGVF functional data to …
Research Funding
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network accelerates discovery and innovation in how we diagnose and treat patients with previously undiagnosed diseases.
… with undiagnosed diseases through the development of common protocols designed by a large community of … the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) transitioned from Common Fund leadership. The UDN is now led by The National …
Clinical Research
The Undiagnosed Diseases Program provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis.
… is part of the Undiagnosed Disease Network (UDN), an NIH Common Fund initiative that focuses on the most puzzling … diagnosis To advance medical knowledge about rare and common diseases For information, view our Frequently Asked … performed for approximately 900 individuals. The NIH Common Fund awarded $5.6 million for FY14 to the NIH …
News Release
Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas have discovered genomic differences in head and neck cancers caused by infection with the human papillomavirus.
… with the human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is the most common sexually transmitted virus in the United States, and … die from the diseases each year. Head and neck cancers are common worldwide, with more than 600,000 cases diagnosed each … squamous cell lung and cervical, indicating possible common paths of cancer development, and potential treatment …