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The Genome Sequencing Program uses genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease.
… genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease across its full spectrum, including rare diseases … program targets the genomic bases of common, rare disease . A brief history of the sequencing program is … from other NIH institutes for work in particular disease areas. At present, the National Heart, Lung and Blood …
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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 … Houston Multi-omics for obesity-associated liver disease discovery in Hispanics/Latinos: the Cameron County Hispanic …
Clinical Research
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 …
Health
A polygenic risk score is one way by which people can learn what their risk of developing a disease is, based on the total number of genomics variants related to the disease.
… by which people can learn about their risk of developing a disease, based on the total number of changes related to the disease. … Researchers often divide genetic diseases into two … abbreviated with the letters A, T, C and G. A genomic variant occurs in a location within the DNA where that code …
News Release
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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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 … successfully corrected the malfunctioning cells. … Gaucher disease is an inherited condition caused by alterations in …
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NHGRI researchers have discovered that Mediterranean populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease because of evolutionary pressure to survive the bubonic plague.
… populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease because of evolutionary pressure to survive the … determined that specific genomic variants that cause a disease called familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) may also … that people with only one copy of a MEFV genomic variant that causes FMF do not get the disease. Also, prior …
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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 … across the network can be harnessed in large genomic discovery studies. Several studies aimed to show the … examined potential links between a particular genetic variant and many disorders and conditions. A phenome is an …
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NIH recently awarded approximately $6.8 million in grants to several research teams to study the biology of rare and undiagnosed diseases.
… explore how specific genes and their variations may cause disease in UDN patients. Finally, a one-year grant supports a … in the DNA code - called variants - can cause a disease. Scientists at the center, led by Hugo Bellen, … modify the zebrafish and fruit fly to study the gene variant in question. They add a human gene variant or turn …