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Dr. Ivona Aksentijevich is an associate investigator in NHGRI Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… receptor that cause a dominantly-inherited periodic fever syndrome now known as TRAPS (the TNF receptor-associated periodic syndrome). The manuscript reporting this discovery also … in NLRP3 in a patient with adult-onset Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS), raising the possibility that other patients …
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Dr. Sara Chandros Hull is a deputy scientific director in the Office of the Scientific Director and the director of NHGRI's Bioethics Core.
… ] Koretsky M, Bonham VL, Berkman BE, Kruszka P, Adeyemo A, Muenke M, Hull SC . Towards a More Representative Morphology: …
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NIH programs are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling use in medicine and research.
… is a group of rare genetic conditions that include Noonan syndrome, Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous syndrome, Costello syndrome and Legius syndrome. Eight of 16 genes for epilepsy …
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Chromosome abnormalities can either be numerical or structural and usually occur when there is an error in cell division.
… of a condition caused by numerical abnormalities is Down syndrome, which is marked by mental disability, learning … tone (hypotonia) in infancy. An individual with Down syndrome has three copies of chromosome 21 rather than two; … in which an individual lacks a chromosome, is Turner syndrome. In Turner syndrome, a female is born with only one …
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Dr. Sagar is a staff clinician in the Neurobehavioral Clinical Research Section in Dr. Philip Shaw’s lab at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… deletion) in a patient with autism, OCD, and overgrowth syndrome . Am J Med Genet A . 2107 Jun; 173(6):1656-1662. …
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Viruses are bundles of genetic material wrapped in a protein coat that can infect living things.
… disease in humans, including: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Viral agent: Human immunodeficiency virus …
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Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells.
… fail to develop properly. For example, people with Down syndrome have three copies of chromosome 21, instead of the … Males with more than one X chromosome have Klinefelter syndrome, which is a condition characterized by tall stature and, often, impaired fertility. Another syndrome caused by imbalance in the number of sex chromosomes …
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment for progeria, a rare and fatal pediatric disease, characterized by dramatic, rapid aging beginning in childhood.
… Progeria, also known as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, is a rare, multisystemic disease that causes …
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Ten investigators will receive exome sequencing data as part of their clinical research projects at the NIH Clinical Center.
… characterize the rate of mutations that lead to Sjögren's syndrome. Sjögren's syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the body's …
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Dr. Paul Liu is a senior investigator in NHGRI's Translational and Functional Genomics Branch.
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… ] Kundu M, Javed A, Jeon J-P, Horner A, Shum L, Eckhaus M, Muenke M, Lian J, Yang Y, Nuckolls GH, Stein G, and Liu PP. …