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Understanding gene therapy for sickle cell disease
… sickle cell disease. Now, researchers are developing new and emerging gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease. To help navigate these new therapies, more than 50 scientists, physicians, patients …
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New research provides a better understanding of some of the genetic and cellular changes in pathways and processes involved in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
… Buxbaum, Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, Mark Daly, Ph.D., Broad Institute of Harvard … of important processes in the brain, from controlling gene activity to transmitting messages. The research was … . … Related Content … Researchers uncover new evidence revealing molecular paths to autism … New …
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NHGRI is proud to help support the PBS documentary, “Ken Burns presents The Gene: An Intimate History,” based on the book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D.
… help support the PBS documentary, “Ken Burns presents The Gene: An Intimate History,” based on the book by Siddhartha … science centers. … Connect your lesson plans to the new PBS documentary with companion resources courtesy of pgEd … "Ken Burns Presents The Gene: An Intimate History," new collaboration with Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., three-hour …
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Principal investigator-mentors guide new scientists to their next chapter.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … Principal investigator-mentors guide new scientists to their next chapter. … A DNA sequence in the … during her senior year at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. She wanted to continue the research she’d started … and is currently writing his doctoral dissertation on gene variants responsible for the clinical differences in NPC …
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Researchers funded by NIH have completed a detailed atlas documenting stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression.
… documenting the stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression - a key way in which a person's genome gives … scale used by GTEx that enabled researchers to study how gene expression in the liver might be different than in the … of NIH. As one example of how the atlas can be used, a new study published online in the journal Nature , describes …
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Scientists are using an exciting gene editing tool called CRISPR/Cas9 to protect plants from harmful DNA viruses, strengthening the plant's protections.
… Julie Coursen … Scientists are using an exciting gene editing tool called CRISPR/Cas9 to protect plants from … to snip out segments of an organism's DNA and insert new ones. While using the system to advance technology, … because it is well understood as a model organism, and new findings can be easily applied to other species. Tobacco …
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NIH researchers have successfully identified differences in gene activity in the brains of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The study, led by scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), found that individuals diagnosed with ADHD had differences in genes that code for known chemicals that brain cells use to communicate.
… New study uses postmortem brain tissues to understand genomic … Health (NIH) have successfully identified differences in gene activity in the brains of people with attention deficit … how specific genes are turned on or off, also known as gene expression . They studied two connected brain regions …
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Gene therapy is an experimental technique for treating disease by altering the patient's genetic material.
… Gene Therapy … Gene therapy is an experimental technique for treating … genetic material. … Genetic Disease, Genetic Disorder, Gene Mutation, Cancer Treatment, Healthcare … Gene therapy is … or medical disorder. Often, gene therapy works by adding new copies of a gene that is broken, or by replacing a …
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Nurses and other health professionals looking to integrate genomics into patient care now have access to an online toolkit with more than 100 resources.
… an online toolkit with more than 100 resources, part of a new website launched by the National Human Genome Research … educators and administrators, The Method for Introducing a New Competency in Genomics (MINC) website provides resources … … Increasing Genomics Competency … Related Content … New toolkit helps nurses use genomics in patient care … …
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As researchers uncover millions of DNA differences in genes, doctors struggle to know which of these inherited differences, called variants, really matter.
… of lab results with uncertain findings about whether a gene or variant is disease-causing," said Jonathan Berg, … In a special report appearing online May 27, 2015, in the New England Journal of Medicine , Drs. Rehm, Berg and other … That could guide treatment and diagnostic choices." To New England Journal co-author and clinical geneticist Sharon …