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The History of Genomics Program collects and organizes historic materials related to the field of genomics and NHGRI as an organization.
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Bacteria are small single-celled organisms.
… Bacteria … Bacteria are small single-celled organisms. … Microorganism, Microbe, Microbiome, Pathogen, … Germs, Disease … Bacteria are small single-celled organisms. Bacteria are found almost everywhere on Earth and … species cause disease. … Bacteria are small single-celled organisms. … Educational Resources …
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NIH scientists proposed a new approach for finding ways to impede or halt cancer's spread: transgenic zebrafish as a live animal model of metastasis.
… They have developed transgenic zebrafish as a live animal model of metastasis - offering cancer researchers a new, … online on March 25, 2015. "Doing things in a live animal model, you can get different answers than you get in vitro ," … NHGRI . The zebrafish has become an important laboratory model for several reasons. As a vertebrate, it is much closer …
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NHGRI is awarding Genomic Innovator Awards to nine institutions to support the research of 12 early career scientists in the field of genomics. The awards will total up to $27 million over five years.
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Using a recently developed DNA base-editing technique, researchers correct accelerating aging disorder.
… key questions that we need to first address in these model systems.” Funding for the study was supported in part … Reading … DNA-editing method shows promise to treat mouse model of progeria … Using a recently developed DNA …
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Evolution is the process by which organisms change over time.
… Evolution … Evolution is the process by which organisms change over time. … Genetic Mutation, Genetic … related to genomics, refers to the process by which living organisms change over time through changes in the genome. … a different species. … Evolution is the process by which organisms change over time. … Educational Resources …
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Haploid is the quality of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes.
… chromosomes in an organism’s cells. Sexually reproducing organisms are diploid (having two sets of chromosomes, one …
News Release
NIH researchers discover that while artificial intelligence (AI) tools can make accurate diagnoses from textbook-like descriptions of genetic diseases, the tools are significantly less accurate when analyzing summaries written by patients about their own health.
… researchers studied a type of AI known as a large language model, which is trained on massive amounts of text-based … accuracies between 21% and 90%. The best performing model was GPT-4, one of the latest versions of ChatGPT. The … these descriptions from real patients, the best-performing model made accurate diagnoses only 21% of the time. Many …
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A team from the NIH has surmounted a major obstacle to testing potential drug therapies for a rare, genetic condition called Gaucher disease.
… to exhibit the signature traits of the disease. Using this model, they have now tested a drug compound that has … … Related Content … NIH researchers use a new cell model of a rare disease to develop therapeutic compounds … A …