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Research Funding
Effort to accelerate understanding of the molecular basis of cancer using genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing.
… to systematically explore the entire spectrum of genomic changes involved in human cancer.  The project then molecularly characterized …  (2014)  Rare kidney tumor provides insights on role of metabolic changes in cancer r  (2014)  TCGA researchers …
News Release
Learn what happens when two genetic neighborhoods merge in brain tumor cells after a gene controlled by a gene-control switch turned on a cancer-growth gene.
… Genome Advance of the Month highlights a landmark study in Nature that describes what happens when two genetic neighborhoods merge in brain tumor cells. Researchers found that one gene came … switch from a different genetic neighborhood, turning on a cancer-growth gene. The research team was led by Bradley E. …
Genetic Disorders
Phenylketonuria is an inherited disorder of metabolism that causes an increase in the blood of a chemical known as phenylalanine.
… inherited disorder of metabolism that causes an increase in the blood of a chemical known as phenylalanine. … … inherited disorder of metabolism that causes an increase in the blood of a chemical known as phenylalanine. … used by the body to make proteins. Phenylalanine is found in all food proteins and in some artificial sweeteners. …
Clinical Research
This study evaluates patients with inherited metabolic disorders and related medical complications.
… the genetic causes of the various types of these inherited metabolic disorders and the medical complications associated … and low muscle tone, kidney problems, poor vision, and metabolic instability causing them to become seriously ill, … any type of MMA, but special diets, vitamin therapies and in some patients, organ transplantation, are used for …
Talking Glossary
La hibridación fluorescente in situ (FISH) es una técnica de laboratorio que se usa para detectar y localizar una secuencia de ADN especÃfica en un cromosoma.
… Hibridación fluorescente in situ (FISH) … La hibridación fluorescente in situ (FISH) es una técnica de laboratorio que se usa para … de ADN especÃfica en un cromosoma. … Fluorescence in situ hybridization (abbreviated FISH) is a laboratory …
Staff
Dr. Bell is a senior investigator at the National Human Genome Research Institute's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… Institutes of Health. She received her B.Sc. (Honors) in Zoology and Genetics and her Ph.D. in Biology and … She conducted her postdoctoral training at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, before joining Harvard Medical … carcinoma: Etiologic importance of hormonal and metabolic influences. (Review). Adv Exp Med Biol , 943:3-46. …
Research Training
A one-year fellowship program that trains highly motivated physicians to diagnose, manage, and counsel patients with inborn errors of metabolism.
… Genetics Residency Program, this program is unparalleled in several respects. It exposes trainees to rare metabolic disorders that might not be seen in a more typical … skills in the care and clinical research of patients with metabolic disorders. The residency program includes many …
Jobs at NHGRI
Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute, at NIH.
… Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the … entails the functional annotation of somatic mutations in candidate driver genes previously identified by next …
Jobs at NHGRI
Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute, at NIH.
… Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the … entails the functional annotation of somatic mutations in candidate driver genes previously identified by next …
Educational Resources
A carcinogen is an agent with the capacity to cause cancer in humans.
… … A carcinogen is an agent with the capacity to cause cancer in humans. … Cancer, Tumor, Genetic Mutation, Chemical … A … capable of causing cancer. Carcinogens may occur naturally in the environment (such as ultraviolet rays in sunlight and …