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NHGRI researchers work with patients and families to understand of how genes influence disease and develop more effective diagnostics and treatments.
… to two different populations of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome patients in Puerto Rico. NHGRI researchers are … for a variety of periodic fevers, for Gray Platelet Syndrome and four types of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, for Proteus syndrome, Arterial Calcification due to …
Staff
Dr. Merideth is a staff clinician in the Office of the Clinical Director and program director for both the NHGRI Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship and
NHGRI Clinical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship.
… first Natural History Study in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), developing outcome parameters which were … expanding the gynecologic phenotype in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, Methylmalonic Acidemia/Cobalamin … disorders/Propionic Acidemia, Chediak-Higashi syndrome and Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. Dr. Merideth …
Staff
Dr. Ferreira is a staff clinician in the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch and the head of the Skeletal Genomics Unit.
… elucidated the molecular defect underlying Saul-Wilson syndrome, a rare skeletal dysplasia, and the genetic basis of … Roberts MS, Rosing DR, Whelpley MS, Bryant JC, Macnamara EF, Wang S, Müller K, Hartley I, Chew EY, Corden TE, Jacobsen … CT, Blanco-Sánchez B, Ng BG, Logan CV, Wolfe LA, Solomon BD, Cho MT, Douglas G, Carvalho DR, Bratke H, Haug MG, …
Genetic Disorders
Progeria is an extremely rare genetic disease of childhood characterized by dramatic, premature aging.
… severe form of the disease is Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, recognizing the efforts of Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, … process. … A genetic test for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, also called HGPS, is currently available. In the … process. This genetic test for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome also serves to reassure parents of affected children …
Staff
Dr. William A. Gahl is a senior investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch and the director of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program.
… His group described the natural history of Lowe syndrome, alkaptonuria, autosomal recessive polycystic kidney … . N Engl J Med, 319:1461-4. 1988. Sonies B, Ekman EF, Andersson H, Adamson M, Kaler S, Markello T, Gahl WA. … Diseases. In: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics: RM Kliegman, BF Stanton, J St. Geme N Schor, eds. Twentieth Edition, …
Staff
Dr. Marjan Huizing is a staff scientist in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… organelles (LROs), including Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), Chediak-Higashi syndrome, and Griscelli syndrome. A rare inherited disorder that has been identified …
Genetic Disorders
Colon cancer is a malignant tumor of the large intestine that affects both men and women.
… been identified in this APC gene. Individuals with this syndrome develop many polyps in their colon. People who … (hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer) also called Lynch Syndrome Individuals with an HNPCC gene mutation have an … detected by the commonly used gene tests. The test for FAP syndrome involves examining DNA in blood cells called …
Staff
Dr. Introne is a pediatrician, clinical and biochemical geneticist in the Medical Genetics Branch in NHGRI.
… disorders, including alkaptonuria, Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS), and Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS). For more than two decades she has been … 31:31-36. Avadhanula S * , Introne WJ*, Auh S, Soldin SJ, Stolze B, Regier D, Ciccone C, Hannah-Shmouni F, Filie …
News Release
NHGRI researchers will present four platform talks and 55 posters to highlight the institute's diverse portfolio at the 65th annual meeting of ASHG.
… peripheral blood of African Americans related to metabolic syndrome and abdominal obesity. (Health Services Research) … J. Adams: Novel SOX10 variant causing Waardenburg syndrome without cutaneous pigmentary changes. (Clinical … Paul S. Kruszka: Genetic Modifiers in Women with Turner Syndrome and Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Chromosomal Microarray …
Staff
Dr. Douglas Stewart is an associate investigator in NHGRI's Center for Precision Health Research.
… pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) cancer predisposition syndrome. This disorder represents the first reported cancer predisposition syndrome due to altered microRNA biogenesis. Tumors … deletions of chromosome 9q: A novel microdeletion syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics , 128A (4): …