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A tumor suppressor gene directs the production of a protein that is part of the system that regulates cell division.
… Tumor Suppressor Gene … A tumor suppressor gene directs the production of a protein that is part of the … cell division. … BRCA1, BRCA2, Cancer, Oncogene, Cell, Gene, Mutation … A tumor suppressor gene encodes a protein …
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NHGRI, NICHD, NIMH, and ORIP program staff held a pre-application webinar with an interactive Q&A session for the Non-Human Primate Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (NHP dGTEx) Project.
… - Non-Human Primate Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (NHP dGTEx) Project (U24 Clinical Trials Not … for the Non-Human Primate Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression Project funding opportunities and answer questions … … Webinar: Non-Human Primate Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (NHP dGTEx) RFA-HG-21-026 … NHGRI, NICHD, NIMH, …
Research Funding
The Genomics of Gene Regulation project develops methods to construct predictive, accurate gene regulatory network models using genomic data.
… in the RFA, individual projects collect genomic data on gene expression, as well as surrogate markers of regulatory … in different cell fates or cell states. They use the gene expression and functional element data to construct gene …
News Release
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.
… zebrafish could dramatically accelerate the discovery of gene function and the identification of disease genes in … of Genome Research , the researchers reported that the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR/Cas9 is six times … "It was shown about a year ago that CRISPR can knock out a gene quickly," said Shawn Burgess, Ph.D., a senior …
News Release
NIH has awarded grants of more than $28 million aimed at deciphering the language of how and when genes are turned on and off.
… awards emanate from the recently launched Genomics of Gene Regulation (GGR) program of the National Human Genome … disease." With these new grants, researchers will study gene networks and pathways in different systems in the body, … resulting insights into the mechanisms controlling gene expression may ultimately lead to new avenues for developing …
Talking Glossary
A cancer-susceptibility gene is a gene that, when changed (or mutated), gives an individual an increased risk for developing cancer
… Cancer-Susceptibility Gene … A cancer-susceptibility gene is a gene that, when changed (or mutated), gives an individual an …
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NIH researchers demonstrated that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1.
… of Health (NIH) researchers have demonstrated in mice that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 (NPC1). The gene therapy involved inserting a functional copy of the NPC1 …
News Release
NIH researchers have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy.
… in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy. They conducted research on mice with a rare … humans, hoping their findings may eventually help improve gene therapy for humans. Researchers at the National Human … RNA molecules involved in the regulation of gene expression. When the AAV was inserted near Mir341 , the …
News Release
NHGRI researchers identified 59 genes or gene regions linked to canine athletics.
… reached this conclusion after identifying 59 genes or gene regions linked to canine athletics, including those with … researchers have identified about 200 germline mutations - gene variants that can be passed on to subsequent generations … and fatigue resistance. Because it's difficult to identify gene variants' influence on human populations over time, …
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An expert panel from the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) has critically reevaluated the scientific evidence for all 17 reported genes, disputing nine of the genes and revealing only three of the genes to be definitively associated with the most common form of the disease.
… reporting to physicians. Published papers reporting gene-disease associations vary widely in their study design … the scientific evidence from research papers to place gene-disease relationships into “definitive,” “strong,” … for the clinical genomics community regarding which gene-disease pairs have sufficient evidence to be used …