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NIH researchers researchers and collaborators have gained some key insights into the biological inner-workings of regrowing a body, the evolution of aging and a unique method to dispose of aging cells, by studying the genomes of a hermit crab (Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus).
… have some capacity to regenerate, like healing a broken bone or even regrowing a damaged liver. Some other animals, …
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Epigenomics is a field in which researchers chart the locations and understand the functions of all the chemical tags that mark the genome.
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Dr. William Gahl, NHGRI Clinical Director, gave the Samuel Pruzansky Memorial Lecture on March 23 for the March of Dimes Clinical Genetics Conference.
… or saved a life. He described a 16-year-old boy who had bone lesions that were very painful, yet had no diagnosis. …
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NIH researchers have identified and tested a molecule that shows promise as a possible treatment for Gaucher disease and Parkinson's disease.
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A knockout mouse is a laboratory mouse in which researchers have inactivated an existing gene by replacing it or disrupting it with an artificial piece of DNA.
… that dramatically increases the risk of developing bone cancers, breast cancer and blood cancers at an early …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Advances in genomics are reducing the cost of genome sequencing by a million-fold.
Research Funding
The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project will create a resource that researchers can use to study how inherited changes in genes lead to common diseases
… (like kidneys, heart, and liver) and/or tissues (like bone and cornea) for use as medical transplants after they …
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Researchers have identified genomic mutations for Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome, a congenital myopathy with facial weakness, a cleft palate and scoliosis.
… effects of muscle development on craniofacial and skeletal bone formation." In addition to NHGRI, study collaborators …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, recaps the April 2023 virtual reunion of the leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers (G5), where they tell the untold story on how they ushered the Human Genome Project across the finish line in 2003.
Genetic Disorders
Turner syndrome is a chromosomal condition that alters development in females.
… identified one gene called SHOX that is important for bone development and growth. Missing one copy of this gene …