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Dr. Charles Venditti is a chief and senior investigator of NHGRI's Metabolic Medicine Branch.
… of the hereditary methylmalonic acidemias (MMA) and cobalamin metabolic disorders. The clinical research studies … the genetics, genomics and biochemistry of organic acid metabolism in model organisms, including roundworms, mice and … of the hereditary methylmalonic acidemias and disorders of intracellular cobalamin metabolism. These inherited …
Genetic Disorders
Inborn errors of metabolism are disorders that cause a block in a metabolic pathway leading to clinically significant consequences.
… Metabolism is a sequence of chemical reactions that take … the generation of energy in our bodies. Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are a group of disorders that causes a block … our cells how to make the enzymes and the co-factors for metabolism. A mutation causes a gene to not function at all …
CRGGH is now part of the newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic Medicine Branch houses clinical and laboratory research programs that focus on the development of new therapies for patients with genetic disorders.
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases.