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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency is a severe, genetic condition of the immune system.
Talking Glossary
Los ácidos nucleicos son biomoléculas grandes que cumplen funciones esenciales en todas las células y virus. Una función importante de los ácidos nucleicos implica el almacenamiento y la expresión de información genómica.
… que cumplen funciones esenciales en todas las células y virus. Una función importante de los ácidos nucleicos implica … que cumplen funciones esenciales en todas las células y virus. Una función importante de los ácidos nucleicos implica …
News Release
NIH researchers have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy.
… who have designed gene therapies using an adeno-associated virus (AAV) as a vector to deliver the corrected gene to a … … Gene therapy, gene therapy and cancer, adeno-associated virus, AAV, methylmalonic acidemia, MMA, Charles Venditti …
Staff
Dr. Randy Chandler is an associate investigator in the Organic Acid Research Section of the Metabolic Medicine Branch in NHGRI.
… where Dr. Chandler’s research focused on adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy for the treatment of hemophilia A, a … CP. Central nervous system-targeted adeno-associated virus gene therapy in methylmalonic acidemia . Mol Ther … Project: Increasing the efficiency of adeno-associated virus gene therapy clinical trial startup . Hum Gene Ther. …
Talking Glossary
Un vector, en lo que se relaciona a la biología molecular, es una molécula de ADN (con frecuencia un plásmido o virus) que se utiliza como vehículo para transportar un segmento particular de ADN al interior de la célula huésped como parte de una técnica de clonación o ADN recombinante.
… es una molécula de ADN (con frecuencia un plásmido o virus) que se utiliza como vehículo para transportar un … to molecular biology, is a DNA molecule (often plasmid or virus) that is used as a vehicle to carry a particular DNA … es una molécula de ADN (con frecuencia un plásmido o virus) que se utiliza como vehículo para transportar un …
Fact Sheet
Genomic research has been central to understanding and combating the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic.
… COVID-19 PCR tests use primers that match a segment of the virus’s genetic material. This allows many copies of that … to be made, which can be used to detect whether or not the virus is present. A positive COVID-19 PCR test means that … could either mean that the sample did not contain any virus or that there is too little viral genetic material in …
News Release
Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas have discovered genomic differences in head and neck cancers caused by infection with the human papillomavirus.
… (HPV). HPV is the most common sexually transmitted virus in the United States, and the number of HPV-related …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green provides an update on the final stage of the Genomics2020 strategic planning process; the NIH website for COVID-19 information, the Gene documentary debut on PBS and more.
… below describes some useful information sources about the virus and some specific resources for NIH grantees and … available that provide relevant information basics of the virus (and the disease it causes), such as those at the …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is advancing the study of individual and communities of microbes.
… about them. In 2018, infections from the influenza virus have been particularly rough. A big difference between … is that genomics is now used routinely to track influenza virus infections , in real time, as the virus spreads across the country . These data are used to …
News Release
An ancient, sexually transmitted dog cancer may provide insights into human cancers because of the similarities in the dog and human immune systems.
… to the other during sexual contact, without the help of a virus or bacterium. … By comparing the genomes of 186 healthy …