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Genetic Disorders
Thalassemia is a group of inherited diseases of the blood that affect a person's ability to produce hemoglobin, resulting in anemia.
… enlarged. Bones become thin and brittle. Heart failure and infection are the leading causes of death among children with …
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NIH researchers have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy.
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Dr. Bettie Graham was the division director for NHGRI's Division of Extramural Operations.
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the December 2021 NHGRI symposium's success in confronting the difficult pasts of eugenics and scientific racism.
… cause fetal inflammation even in the absence of placental infection COVID-19 vaccination does not reduce chances of …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recalls the White House event announcing the draft human genome sequence.
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues have identified genomic variants that cause a rare and severe inflammatory skin disorder, known as disabling pansclerotic morphea, and have found a potential treatment.
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Over the last 20 years, three families have been unknowingly linked to one another by an unknown illness. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and other organizations have now identified the cause of the illness, a new disease called CRIA syndrome. The results of their work were published on Dec. 11 in the journal Nature.
Genetic Disorders
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the bowel, usually diagnosed in people between the ages of 20 - 30.
… A stool sample to check to see if there is any bleeding or infection in the intestines. An X-ray called an upper GI …
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Genomic analyses turned up genes that belong to inflammatory pathways.
… tests, the doctors knew that the cause wasn't due to an infection. It must be genetic. Dr. Kastner requested blood …
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NIH has awarded grants of more than $28 million aimed at deciphering the language of how and when genes are turned on and off.
… elements make genes responsive to a condition, such as infection. We expect these new projects will develop better …