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​Genetic research is creating new ways for people to take action and prevent disease and new ways to treat disease through personalized medicine.​ ​
… is creating new ways for people to take action and prevent disease and new ways to treat disease through personalized medicine. … We have known for a long time that common diseases like heart disease, asthma, cancer, and diabetes can run in …
For Patients and Families
Neglected diseases are conditions that inflict severe health burdens on the world's poorest people.
… trypanosomiasis. Commonly called sleeping sickness, this disease is caused by a parasitic microbe transmitted by … Africa. American trypanosomiasis. Commonly called Chagas disease, this disease is caused by a parasitic microbe transmitted by …
Genetic Disorders
Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of metabolism where a type of fat (lipid) called glucocerebroside cannot be adequately degraded.
… Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of … glucocerebroside cannot be adequately degraded. … Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of … symptoms depending on the type of Gaucher disease include heart, lung and nervous system problems. The symptoms of Type …
Genetic Disorders
Dercum disease is a rare condition that is characterized by multiple, painful fatty tumors that occur chiefly in post-menopausal, obese women of middle age.
… Dercum disease is a rare condition that is characterized by … in post-menopausal, obese women of middle age. … Dercum disease - also known as Adiposis Dolorosa, Anders' syndrome … The condition can also be associated with early congestive heart failure, myxedema (a condition associated with severe …
Genetic Disorders
Wilson disease is a rare genetic condition that causes a person's body to store too much of the mineral copper, leading to organ damage that may cause death.
… Wilson disease is a rare genetic condition that causes a person's … can lead to organ damage that may cause death. … Wilson disease is a rare genetic condition that affects about one in 30,000 people. Wilson disease causes a person's body to store too much of the …
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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.
… to be associated with long QT syndrome … Geneticists and heart specialists around the world had previously reported 17 … genes to cause long QT syndrome, a little-known inherited heart condition. However, the Clinical Genome Resource ’s … definitively associated with the most common form of the disease. The work was funded by the National Human Genome …
Genetic Disorders
Parkinson's disease is a neurological condition that typically causes tremor and/or stiffness in movement
… Parkinson's disease is a neurological condition that typically causes tremor and/or stiffness in movement … Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological condition that typically … We found the gene that caused their inherited Parkinson's Disease and it coded for a protein called alpha-synuclein. If …
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NHGRI researchers are studying the link between Parkinson's disease, and a rare disorder, Gaucher disease, by cross-breeding mice with the disease mutations.
… the puzzling link between a common disorder, Parkinson's disease, and a rare disorder, Gaucher disease, by cross-breeding mice to carry human mutations … to the study were researchers with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of …
Genetic Disorders
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the bowel, usually diagnosed in people between the ages of 20 - 30.
… Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the bowel, … diagnosed in people between the ages of 20 - 30. … Crohn's disease, an idiopathic (of unknown cause), chronic … of bowel between inflamed areas). Complications of Crohn's disease include: blockage of the intestine; sores and ulcers …
Research Funding
A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
… The Centers for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG) are a collaborative large-scale … and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes. … The CCDG initiative explores a range of … collaborate with other projects, including the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Trans-omics for …