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Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease characterized by faulty digestion, breathing problems, respiratory infections, and loss of salt in sweat.
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Genetic epidemiology is a relatively new medical discipline that seeks to understand how genetic factors interact with the environment in the context of disease in populations.
… disease in groups and the multifactorial causes of genetic diseases in populations. … Genetic epidemiology is a …
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A new study highlights how genomic mutations that cause mitochondrial disease may also compromise affected people's immune response.
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Your mental and physical health are deeply connected. Mental health is important for your health and quality of life. 
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20 papers published online in 2014 highlight research on DNA biorepositories and electronic medical records to better understand the genomics of disease.
… genetic architecture of different traits, conditions and diseases. They examine the genome in many different ways, and …
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A new method of targeting specific DNA sequences in zebrafish could accelerate the discovery of gene function and the identification of disease genes in humans.
… to advances in our understanding of cancer and other human diseases," said NHGRI Director Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. "We … of specific genes and the role they play in human genetic diseases." The CRISPR/Cas9 method of gene editing is one of … to understand, diagnose and treat genomic and genetic diseases. Additional information about NHGRI can be found at …
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Progeria is an extremely rare genetic disease of childhood characterized by dramatic, premature aging.
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Dr. Dan Kastner is an NIH Distinguished Investigator in Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) that mapped the gene for FMF to chromosome … and the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The IDS serves as a worldwide referral … and characterization of several new autoinflammatory diseases and a springboard for therapeutic trials.   IDS …
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LOD stands for "logarithm of the odds." In genetics, the LOD score is a statistical estimate of whether two genes, or a gene and a disease gene, are likely to be located near each other on a chromosome.