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A genome-wide association study (GWAS) is an approach used in genetics research to associate specific genetic variations with particular diseases.
… Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) … A genome-wide association study (GWAS) is an approach used in genetics … Genome-Wide Association Studies, GWAS, DNA, Genome, Gene Expression, Gene … A genome-wide association study (abbreviated GWAS) is a research … A genome-wide association study (GWAS) is an approach used in …
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Genome-wide association studies involve scanning markers across the genomes of many people to find genetic variations associated with a particular disease​.
… Genome-wide association studies involve scanning markers across the genomes of many … A genome-wide association study is an approach that involves rapidly … With the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the International HapMap Project … computerized databases that contain the reference human genome sequence, a map of human genetic variation and a set …
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Researchers have conducted the first study to look at the genomic underpinnings of obesity in continental Africans and African Americans.
… clusters in families. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … States and globally. This is the first study to use a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) to investigate the genomic … genomics of obesity, SEMA4D gene, Charles N. Rotimi Ph.D., genome-wide association studies, GWAS, Ayo P. Doumatey Ph.D., …
Clinical Studies
The IDENTIFY Study is a study exploring how prenatal blood test results for the baby might also detect cancer in the mother.
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Dr. Daniel Shriner is a researcher in NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… on Genomics and Global Health within the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health. … of methods for multivariable analysis of genome-wide association data as well as investigation into global … D. B. 2007. Detection of gene × gene interactions in genome-wide association studies of human population data. …
Clinical Research
The INSIGHTS study is exploring sickle cell disease in adults.
… are investigating the disease as a whole and studying the wide range of complications that sickle cell patients … in helping researchers understand how your environment and genome may impact your sickle cell disease? Are you … About Sickle Cell Disease Sickle Cell Trait National Human Genome Research Institute - Learning about Sickle Cell …
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Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.
… in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which helps administer the … For the last decade, scientists have used genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to study the role that genomic … Genotype-Tissue Expression project expands functional studies of genomic variation …
Clinical Research
This study evaluates patients with inherited metabolic disorders and related medical complications.
… acid levels, and for genetic tests and basic research studies. In some patients, a blood test to measure growth … director Charles P. Venditti, M.D., Ph.D. Organic Acidemia Association A volunteer non-profit organization whose mission …
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Dr. Erin M. Ramos is the director of the Divison of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Dr. Erin Ramos is the Director of the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research … chaired the Data Access Committee (DAC) for the Genetic Association Information to provide access to some of the first genome-wide association studies in dbGaP, and currently serves on …
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Dr. Lucia Hindorff is the Lead Extramural Training Program Director in the Training, Diversity, and Health Equity Office at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… and Health Equity (TiDHE) Office at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). She previously served as … and the NHGRI scientific lead for the online NHGRI Genome-wide Association Study catalog. In her time at NHGRI, she has … studies, with application to the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog. Genome Biol . 2018 Feb 15;19(1):21. doi: …