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Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell growth.
… Cancer … Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell growth. … … Family Health History … Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably. There are many … to spread to other sites. Such mutations can be caused by errors during DNA replication or result from DNA damage due …
Clinical Research
The Metabolism, Infection and Immunity (MINI) Section aims to define the relationship between infection, immunity and clinical decline in individuals with mitochondrial disease.
… The Metabolism, Infection and Immunity (MINI) Section at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aims to define the relationship between … mitochondrial disease. Mitochondrial diseases are a group of disorders caused by problems with the cell’s ability to …
Staff
Dr. Lawrence Brody is a senior investigator in NHGRI's Social and Behavioral Research Branch and director of NHGRI's Division of Genomics and Society.
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… Dr. Lawrence Brody studies the inherited components of human disease. He is interested in studying genetic … genetic variants that alter an individual's risk of developing specific conditions. These variants fall … connect genetic variants in genes involved in vitamin B12 metabolism to neural tube defects. A major focus of the Brody …
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A biological pathway is a series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain product or a change in the cell.
… A biological pathway is a series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain … or a change in the cell. It can trigger the assembly of new molecules, such as a fat or protein, turn genes on and … Among the most well-known are pathways involved in metabolism, in the regulation of genes and in the …
Staff
Dr. Peter McGuire is an investigator in NHGRI's Center for Precision Health Research.
… and equivalent with an M.D.) from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. After completing a combined residency … a translational research program involving patients with inborn errors of mitochondrial metabolism. The group studies two …
Staff
Dr. Marjan Huizing is a staff scientist in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… various genetic metabolic disorders, with the hope of developing treatments for these illnesses. Her research focuses on disorders of sialic acid metabolism and of lysosome-related organelles. Sialic acid is …
Staff
Lindsey Criswell, who became the director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in February, 2021 is also an associate investigator in NHGRI's Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc., became director of NIAMS in February 2021. Previously, she served as vice chancellor of research at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), as well as professor of …
Clinical Research
An Observational Prospective Natural History Study of Metabolism, Infection and Immunity During the COVID19 Pandemic (At-home Participation).
… An Observational Prospective Natural History Study of Metabolism, Infection and Immunity During the COVID19 … is a serious public health problem and the implications of COVID19 in individuals with mitochondrial disease or their …
News Release
NHGRI has appointed Neil Hanchard, M.D., Ph.D., as a clinical investigator within the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch (MGMGB) in the Division of Intramural Research. Dr. Hanchard will head the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section within the MGMGB.
… Metabolic Genetics Branch (MGMGB) in the NHGRI Division of Intramural Research. Dr. Hanchard will head the Childhood … team will bring new energy and academic vigor to studies of the genomics of African ancestral populations, health disparities in …
Staff
Dr. Ivona Aksentijevich is an associate investigator in NHGRI Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… Dr. Daniel Kastner in the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) to … work as a post-doctoral fellow on the positional cloning of the gene mutated in patients with familial Mediterranean …