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Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Office of Laboratory Animal Medicine promotes the humane care and use of animals in biomedical and behavioral research, teaching, and testing.
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… of Laboratory Animal Medicine (OLAM) promotes the humane care and use of animals in biomedical and behavioral … and guidelines to NHGRI investigators on the proper care, use and humane treatment of research animals. OLAM is responsible for housing and care of research animals and for enhancing their well-being. …
News Release
Researchers are asking if the precision medicine approach will reduce or eliminate the role that race plays in prescribing drugs and in health care overall.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … Health care providers have long struggled with considering race when … role that race plays in prescribing drugs and in health care overall. "We focus on drug therapies because that's … "Precision medicine is moving us toward individualized care and away from race-based decision-making on what is the …
Clinical Research
The Institutional Review Board (IRB)Â is responsible for protecting the rights and welfare of the human subjects of research protocols that are conducted by intramural investigators in NHGRI and a number of other institutes.
… An Introduction to Radiation for NIH Research Subjects NIH Clinical Research Studies Active Consent / Assent Documents … Federal-Wide Assurances (FWAs) FDA Guidance for IRBs, Clinical Investigators and Sponsors  FDA … Research Privacy, Privacy Of Research Participants, Clinical Trials, Genetic Disorders, Return Of Results, …
Clinical Research
The Protocol Service Center provides assistance in the development and administration of study protocols requiring NIH Institutional Review Board approval.
… of resources for the investigator wishing to conduct clinical research. Services that the PSC can provide to … Research Privacy, Privacy Of Research Participants, Clinical Trials, Genetic Disorders, Return Of Results, … requiring NIH Institutional Review Board approval. … Clinical Research …
News Release
National Institutes of Health researchers have published an assessment of 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care.
… 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care. This approach contrasts with the typical phenotype-first approach to clinical research, which starts with clinical findings. A genotype-first approach to patient care …
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This symposium highlights other collaborative efforts between NIH and Children's National, and address genomics and care of children with immunologic diseases.
… framed and supported through a supplemental award to the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children's … NIH and Children's National, and address genomics and care of children with immunologic diseases. … Natcher … NIH and Children's National, and address genomics and care of children with immunologic diseases. … This symposium …
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NHGRI researchers asked patients, parents and physicians in the sickle cell disease community (SCD) what they wanted and needed to know about genome editing to make informed decisions about participating in genome-editing clinical trials.
… are seriously ill may overestimate the benefits of early clinical trials while underestimating the risks. This makes … informed decisions about participating in genome-editing clinical trials. Gene-editing treatments, which appear to … can influence a person’s decision to participate in a clinical trial. “Designing clinical trials for curative …
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Mothers may be able to reduce guilt over their children's inherited obesity guilt by being more careful in the future about their children's diet.
… that we don't know," Dr. Persky said. "Any of the clinical discussions that are happening these days are … and that weight gain is controllable. Even some health care providers display negative attitudes toward people who … the interpersonal relationship between patient and health care provider and that it is not harmful in ways we feared," …
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An expert panel from the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) has critically reevaluated the scientific evidence for all 17 reported genes, disputing nine of the genes and revealing only three of the genes to be definitively associated with the most common form of the disease.
… a little-known inherited heart condition. However, the Clinical Genome Resource ’s (ClinGen) expert panel has … ClinGen is an NHGRI-funded resource that defines the clinical relevance or validity of genes in various genetic … suggest that these genes not be routinely tested in clinical settings when evaluating patients and families with …
Research at NHGRI
In NHGRI, Staff Clinicians work on many different clinical research studies, including helping to better understand, manage, and treat a diverse group of clinical conditions.
… who focuses on providing clinically-oriented patient care services as part of research studies. Staff Clinicians are expected to provide clinical leadership and the highest level of clinical care. In NHGRI, Staff Clinicians work on many …