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A study with the goal of finding the genetic cause of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and several novel and undiagnosed causes of autoinflammatory disease.
… several novel and undiagnosed causes of autoinflammatory disease. For more information, see Protocol 94-HG-0105 or … of patients have clinical features of autoinflammatory disease without a good explanation. Our goal is to discover … Syndrome (MWS) Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID) Undifferentiated autoinflammatory disorders …
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases.
… The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch (MCIDGB) studies the genomic and … geography (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, heart and kidney disease, scleroderma and podoconiosis). MCIDGB researchers … as well as to understand human history and how it informs disease distribution and etiology. Through large genomic …
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The Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium aims to advance the application of multi-omic technologies to study health and disease in ancestrally diverse populations.
… exposures, omics, and childhood NAFLD (LEON) Study Disease Study Site** Stephanie Christenson*, Neeta Thakur, … of California, San Francisco EXposomic Profiling in Airway disease to uNravel Determinants of disease in Asthma (EXPAND-Asthma) Center Disease Study Site** …
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A team from the NIH has surmounted a major obstacle to testing potential drug therapies for a rare, genetic condition called Gaucher disease.
… therapies for a rare, genetic condition called Gaucher disease. Researchers from the National Human Genome Research … cultured cells to exhibit the signature traits of the disease. Using this model, they have now tested a drug … that cause Gaucher disease were an important genetic risk factor for developing the more common disorder …
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NIH researchers demonstrated that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1.
… correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 (NPC1). The gene therapy involved inserting … a functional copy of the NPC1 gene into mice with the disease; the treated animals were then found to have less … in the journal Human Molecular Genetics . Niemann-Pick disease is a rare and fatal disorder of the central nervous …
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NHGRI researchers have identified new genes associated with the Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and some possible new therapies.
… identified new genes associated with the Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and some possible new therapies. Findings on this ultra-rare disease, found in approximately 600 people in the world, were … with ECD provides hope for improving the diagnoses of a disease that affects so many parts of the body. We also hope …
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Type 2 diabetes is a disease that affects ten percent of the world's population, but the genetics underlying the disease remain poorly understood.
… look at the genetic differences that increase a person's risk for disease development. The findings, published today in the … the University of Michigan, reveal the complexity of the disease in more detail than previously appreciated, but also …
MINC
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20 papers published online in 2014 highlight research on DNA biorepositories and electronic medical records to better understand the genomics of disease.
… (EMRs) to better understand the underlying genomics of disease. Many of the studies point to new associations of … (NIH). The major goal of eMERGE is to better understand disease risk and susceptibility and, ultimately, improve patient …
MINC
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