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CRGGH is now part of the newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
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.
… Identifier: NCT00001373 . … Autoinflammatory diseases are a group of disorders characterized by seemingly … T-cells that are characteristic of autoimmune diseases. Some autoinflammatory diseases have been shown to be single-gene disorders of …
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases.
… studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases. … Investigators focus, in particular, on diseases that are disproportionately distributed by ethnicity … basis, pathophysiology and treatment of human inflammatory diseases. A referral clinic established at the NIH Clinical …
News Release
A team from the NIH has surmounted a major obstacle to testing potential drug therapies for a rare, genetic condition called Gaucher disease.
… the malfunctioning cells. … Gaucher disease is an inherited condition caused by alterations in the GBA gene. It …
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.
… to understand, diagnose and treat genomic and genetic diseases. Additional information about NHGRI can be found at: … the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, …
News Release
Researchers with support from NIH will conduct research into the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease.
… the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, …
Research Funding
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.
… practices, and standards that can be generalized across diseases and populations. It will also generate a … diverse populations; 2) persons with and without specific diseases; 3) harmonized and standardized phenotypic and …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have identified new genes associated with the Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and some possible new therapies.
… institute's goals to advance medical knowledge about rare diseases and to potentially provide insights into more common …
Genetic Disorders
Marfan syndrome an inherited disorder of connective tissue occurring once in every 10,000 to 20,000 individuals.
… Marfan syndrome an inherited disorder of connective tissue occurring once in … individuals. … Marfan syndrome is one of the most common inherited disorders of connective tissue. It is an autosomal … known to cause the syndrome, or a haplotype around FBN-1 inherited by descent and identified in a familial Marfan …
Genetic Disorders
Familial hypercholesterolemia is an inherited condition causing increased low density lipoprotein cholesterol at birth and heart attacks at an early age.
… Familial hypercholesterolemia is an inherited condition that causes high levels of low density … at an early age. … Familial hypercholesterolemia is an inherited condition that causes high levels of LDL (low … in Man eMedicine Diagnosing and Treating Genetic Diseases: Familial Hypercholesterolemia Genetics and Rare …