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NHGRI researchers collaborated with physicians and medical geneticists worldwide to create the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … and medical geneticists around the world to create the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations. …
Genetic Disorders
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer.
… Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer. Each year, approximately 200,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer, and one …
News Release
NHGRI researchers and their international collaborators have added Williams-Beuren syndrome to the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute and their international … collaborators have added Williams-Beuren syndrome to the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations. …
Genetic Disorders
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States.
… Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. An estimated 40 to 50 percent of …
Educational Resources
Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell growth.
… Cancer … Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by … Health History … Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably. There are many … cell acquires a genomic change (or mutation) that allows the cell to divide and multiply unchecked. Additional …
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Researchers funded by NIH have completed a detailed atlas documenting stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression.
… Sheena Faherty … Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have completed a … influence gene expression - a key way in which a person's genome gives rise to an observable trait, like hair color or … Fund and administered by NHGRI, NIMH and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), all part of NIH. As one example of …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch identifies and study genes that contribute to cancer susceptibility and progression.
… The Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch seeks to … contribute to cancer susceptibility and progression. … The branch focuses on inherited and somatic (body cell) … implement new technologies and bioinformatics tools for genome analysis that are integral to this discovery pipeline. …
Talking Glossary
El cáncer es una enfermedad en la que algunas células del cuerpo crecen fuera de control. Hay muchos tipos diferentes de cáncer, y cada uno comienza cuando una única célula adquiere un cambio genómico (o mutación) que le permite dividirse y multiplicarse sin control.
… que le permite dividirse y multiplicarse sin control. … Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably. There are many … cell acquires a genomic change (or mutation) that allows the cell to divide and multiply unchecked. Additional …
Genetic Disorders
Colon cancer is a malignant tumor of the large intestine that affects both men and women.
… Colon cancer, a malignant tumor of the large intestine, affects both men and women. In the United States, approximately 160,000 new cases of …
News Release
Receiving a cancer diagnosis can feel like losing control of everything.
… Kyle Davis … Receiving a cancer diagnosis can feel like losing control of everything. In the wake of such a diagnosis, patients, family and friends … and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). "In a way, it's like …