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Dr. Ayo Doumatey is a Research Fellow and Laboratory Manager at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… She has used different strategies to study the complex molecular basis of metabolic disorders including … healthy obesity (MHO) and microbiome in health and diseases. Curriculum Vitae … Selected Publications Doumatey … on Genomics and Global Health, genetic epidemiology, complex diseases, inflammation … Ayo Doumatey, Center for …
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​The Undiagnosed Diseases Network accelerates discovery and innovation in how we diagnose and treat patients with previously undiagnosed diseases.
… Applications UDN does not accept all applicants due to the complex nature of the body and the diseases being investigated. However, they do fully review … level of diagnosis and care for patients with undiagnosed diseases through the development of common protocols designed …
Genetic Disorders
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease is a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous cysts in both kidneys.
… National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases MedlinePlus Genetics Home Reference PKD Foundation …
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Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means to the pediatric mitochondrial disease community.
News Release
NIH researchers have discovered a rare and sometimes lethal inflammatory disease - otulipenia - that primarily affects young children.
… (NHGRI), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and … or stress. Otulipenia is one of several inflammatory diseases that occur when the immune system attacks the host's …
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An interview with Meru Sadhu, an Earl Stadtman Investigator and head of the systems biology and genome engineering section within the NHGRI Intramural Research Program, where he talks about his research and why yeast have a special place in his heart.
… are the genetics’ underlying traits? What makes them so complex? My laboratory is committed to teasing apart some of … the complexities of biology. “That you can get such complex systems starting with the simple rules of genetic …
News Release
Baylor College of Medicine. Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
… will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). Each site will receive more than $2.5 … Genome sequencing for patients from the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP) has identified individual variation in … potential treatments for patients with these rare or new diseases. Recipients of the new NIH awards to study gene …
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NHGRI will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases.
… understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases. … The National Human Genome Research Institute … sequencing to explore the genomic contributions to common diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke and autism. … can be difficult to decipher because they result from a complex combination of genomic influences and environmental …
News Release
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network has opened an online patient application portal called the UDN Gateway.
… Steven Benowitz … The Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN), a clinical research initiative of the … diagnose despite extensive clinical investigation. These diseases are difficult for doctors to diagnose because they … been described or are unrecognized forms of more common diseases. … The new system streamlines the application …
Research at NHGRI
The Genetic Disease Research Branch studies how genetic changes affect the structure and function of gene products leading to human disease.
… and better understand pathways involved in human genetic diseases and normal development. Model systems, including … understanding genetic contributions to a number of human diseases, particularly those affecting the nervous, immune …