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The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how NIH is ramping up research on COVID-19; NHGRI's expansion of its Genome Technology Program; and the the DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit.
… with the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming May meeting of the National Advisory Council on Human Genome Research … genomics. … In response to the current global pandemic, NIH is aggressively tackling the biomedical research … institutions around the country. For example, a number of NIH Institutes and Centers have issued funding opportunity …
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NIH researchers identified gene variants that cause a rare syndrome of sporadic fevers, skin rashes and recurring strokes, beginning early in childhood.
… Raymond MacDougall … National Institutes of Health researchers have identified gene variants that … with a similar type of blood vessel inflammation. … The NIH group first encountered a patient with the syndrome … was no history of a similar illness in the family, the NIH group did not at first suspect a genetic cause, and …
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NIH grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, manage heart disease and guide cancer clinicians to the most effective drugs.
… Steven Benowitz … New National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used … National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. All three projects extend beyond the academic medical …
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A team from the NIH has surmounted a major obstacle to testing potential drug therapies for a rare, genetic condition called Gaucher disease.
… Raymond MacDougall … A team from the National Institutes of Health has surmounted a major obstacle to testing … Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), both parts of NIH, reported in the June 11, 2014, issue of Science … … Testing Potential Drug Therapies … Related Content … NIH researchers use a new cell model of a rare disease to …
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Genomic analyses turned up genes that belong to inflammatory pathways.
… Faherty … A year ago,14-year-old Rohith Lokesh spent most of his days in extreme pain. He could barely walk and used a … of the researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center. … Transformative Research Rohith is … examples why the transformative research taking place at NIH is critical. The same cutting-edge clinical medicine that …
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Helen Thompson is the Program Specialist for the NHGRI Office of Genomic Data Science.
… … Helen Thompson is the Program Specialist for the NHGRI Office of Genomic Data Science. Helen provides comprehensive support … collaborating with NHGRI staff, ensuring compliance with NIH and NHGRI policies, analyzing funded programs, supporting …
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NIH researchers identified a novel role for a gene known as heat shock protein 60, finding it is critical in tissue regeneration and wound healing.
… Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. … National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a novel role for a gene … 2016. NHGRI is one of the 27 institutes and centers at the NIH, an agency of the Department of Health and Human … with vision loss. For more information, visit www.nei.nih.gov . About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, …
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NIH is launching a program, Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells (MorPhiC), to better understand the function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular consequences of inactivating each gene.
… The Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells program will first look at … the broader research community. If Phase 1 is successful, NIH will activate a second phase to characterize a larger set … gene function when compared to other programs at NIH and NHGRI. For example, a well-established NIH effort to …
Media Advisory
Researchers from the NIH-funded Human Pangenome Reference Consortium will answer questions about a set of papers to be published in the Nature Portfolio journals and Genome Research. The papers and the briefing are under embargo until May 10, 2023, at 11 a.m. E.T.
… Researchers from the National Institutes of Health-funded Human Pangenome Reference Consortium will … Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the NIH, to sequence and assemble human genomes from diverse … known as a pangenome reference, researchers from the NIH-funded Human Pangenome Reference Consortium generated and …
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NIH will award nearly $80 million to support the establishment of the Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium and the development of novel methods and approaches that help researchers identify the genetic causes of single-gene diseases.
… and a data coordination site. … The National Institutes of Health will award nearly $80 million to support the … National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, and are expected to support the consortium over a period … lead the data coordination center. … About NHGRI and NIH … NIH funds new effort to discover genetic causes of …