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Researchers with support from NIH will conduct research into the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease.
… to increased risk or protect against the disease. The NIH awarded grants for using innovative new technologies and … Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both part of NIH. The first phase of the project determined the order of … goal of finding targets for effective interventions," said NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. The effort is …
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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.
… enabling their use in genomic medicine and research. NIH's Clinical Genome Resource ( ClinGen ) and ClinVar … is stored in ClinVar, which is funded and maintained by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information, part of … and ClinVar are great examples of how different parts of NIH, the extramural research community and clinical testing …
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NIH researchers have identified a gene that makes yeast resistant to a lethal toxin.
… National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, used yeast as a model organism. While researchers have … of such conflicts,” Andreev added. … About NHGRI and NIH … NIH researchers discover new gene involved in a toxic …
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Dr. Gerard Bouffard directs the Bioinformatics Group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… of the Human Genome Project. In 1997, he co-founded the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) as director of the … Projects … Gerard Bouffard, Ph.D. … Gerard Bouffard, NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), bioinformatics, whole exome sequencing … Gerard Bouffard, NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), bioinformatics, …
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NIH awarded grants to six medical centers to select from the most difficult-to-solve medical cases and develop effective approaches to diagnose them.
… site will contribute local medical expertise to the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). The network includes and is modeled after an NIH pilot program that has enrolled people with intractable … expand recruitment of patients so that by the summer of 2017, the rate of admissions at each new clinical …
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Dr. James Thomas is the acting director for the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… School of Medicine before returning to NHGRI and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center in 2011. He is currently the deputy director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center. As deputy director of NISC, … Ph.D. … Dr. James Thomas is the acting director for the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC). … James Thomas, NIH …
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On April 25, National DNA Day, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will welcome a new statue, “The Ladder,” celebrating DNA and children.
… 25, National DNA Day, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will welcome a new statue, “The Ladder,” celebrating DNA … are being hosted through a collaboration involving the NIH Clinical Center, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National … and eventually her half-brother, Dr. John Constantino, an NIH grantee, who will be offering remarks at the ceremony. …
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NIH lost a key member of its broader genomics team when Robert Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the NISC sequencing group at NIH, retired on Dec. 31, 2015.
… the resulting data. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will lose a key member of its broader genomics team with … Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the sequencing group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) in Rockville, … National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. "When I recruited him to NISC in 2000, I knew that we …
Outreach
Five pieces from the Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code exhibition are now on display at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, MD.
… Unlocking Life's Code exhibition are now on display on NIH’s Bethesda Campus. … Bring the Genome: Unlocking Life’s … To Appear at Smithsonian Event NHGRI, Smithsonian and NIH Foundation present conversations on genomics, health … Exhibition History … Educational Programs … Virtual Tour … NIH Display of Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code Exhibition …
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NIH and Inova Health are launching The Genomic Ascertainment Cohort, a pilot project that will examine gene and gene variant influence on phenotypes.
… genes or gene variants that cause or contribute to them. NIH will establish a new database of 10,000 human genomes and … protein-coding genes. Once the database is established, NIH and Inova researchers will predict conditions that … of the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch at NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). "Our …