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NHGRI researchers have discovered clues to the possible cause of recurring, non-contagious fevers and sores that affect only children. Several genes have been implicated with the syndrome, known as PFAPA syndrome (Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, Adenitis), which could lead to new treatments.
… Pharyngitis, Adenitis), which could lead to new treatments. The results were published in the journal PNAS … Pharyngitis, Adenitis), which could lead to new treatments. … non-contagious fevers, PFAPA Syndrome, Periodic … Pharyngitis, Adenitis), which could lead to new treatments. … News Release …
Educational Resources
Personalized medicine is an emerging practice of medicine that uses an individual's genetic profile to guide decisions made in regard to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.
Talking Glossary
Precision medicine (generally considered analogous to personalized medicine or individualized medicine) is an innovative approach that uses information about an individual’s genomic, environmental and lifestyle information to guide decisions related to their medical management.
Health
Genomic medicine involves using genomic information as part of clinical care and the health outcomes and policy implications of that clinical use.
Fact Sheet
A variety of approaches target the blood stem cells to relieve or reduce your symptoms of sickle cell disease.
… Types of treatments A variety of approaches target the blood stem …
Staff
Dr. Teri Manolio is the director of the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute. ​
… those discoveries into diagnoses, preventive measures, treatments and prognoses of health conditions. "I see our … rare, sometimes devastating complications of common drug treatments. She also hopes to find ways of using a patient's …
News Release
NIH investigators have discovered that genomic switches of a blood cell are key to regulating the human immune system.
… it could eventually enable physicians to tailor treatments to each individual." Identifying autoimmune … arthritis, a genomic feature of T cells, and the pharmacological effects of a rheumatoid arthritis drug-are … medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For …
News Release
Receiving a cancer diagnosis can feel like losing control of everything.
… often yearn for more information. Is it aggressive? What treatments are offered? Will those treatments work? Will it spread? Sometimes doctors can offer … valuable information. It may also enable diagnostics and treatments to move one step closer to precision medicine. "In …
Graduate Medical Education
An opportunity for a 4-to-8-week elective in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD.
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Dr. James Inglese is an adjunct investigator in NHGRI's Metabolic Medicine Branch.
… genetics Dr. Inglese's laboratory creates assays for the pharmacological interrogation of cellular phenotypes …