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Dr. Donna Messersmith is a provider education specialist in the Education and Community Involvement Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… databases and tools created by NCBI. In support of the NIH Pain Consortium's Centers of Excellence in Pain Education, Dr. Messersmith provided vision and creative … for several online professional education resources for pain management. Dr. Messersmith led biomedical science …
Educational Resources
Sickle cell disease is a hereditary disease seen most often among people of African ancestry.
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… tired, and we have been crippled by the weight of these chronic and acute experiences. And yet, we all continue to …
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NHGRI researchers investigated the Behcet's disease using Illumina's Immunochip.
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… stem cells. The major side effects of chemotherapy include pain, mouth ulcers, nausea and vomiting, hair loss, … for sickle cell have different benefits, such as decreased pain and lower levels of sickled hemoglobin. Any conditions … hemoglobin, less hemolysis and little to no vaso-occlusive pain events. Those who participate in gene therapy may also …
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NIH researchers researchers and collaborators have gained some key insights into the biological inner-workings of regrowing a body, the evolution of aging and a unique method to dispose of aging cells, by studying the genomes of a hermit crab (Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus).
… human biology.” Most studies on senescence are related to chronic inflammation, cancer and age-related diseases. … senescent cells stay senescent, and these cells cause chronic inflammation and induce aging in adjacent cells. From … in human cells. “Most studies on senescence are related to chronic inflammation, cancer and age-related diseases,” said …
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NHGRI researchers have developed the Families Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) workbook, which helps people use their family history to assess their risk for heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colorectal cancer.
… Americans experience a disproportionately high number of chronic diseases compared to other racial and ethnic groups … R., Carthron, D., Corbie-Smith, G., & Eng, E. (2020). Chronic Disease Among African American Families: A Systematic Scoping Review . Preventing Chronic Disease , 17, E167. Gee, G. C., & Payne-Sturges, D. …
Genetic Disorders
Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cells disorders.
… in lung tissue damage that causes acute chest syndrome, pain episodes, stroke and priapism (painful, prolonged … 50 years. Treatments for sickle cell include antibiotics, pain management and blood transfusions. A new drug treatment, …
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Pharmacogenomics is a growing area of genomic medicine that uses a person’s genomic information to help healthcare providers select the medications and dosages that are predicted to work best in each patient.
… prescribed medications, ranging from antidepressants to pain medications to heart medications. … How can genomics … causing the drug to build up in the blood and leading to pain and muscle weakness. Healthcare providers can test to …
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Researchers have discovered that FGF21 is elevated in mice with liver disease that mimics the same condition in patients with methylmalonic acidemia.
… reach terminal stages of renal failure, an expected chronic complication of MMA. Selecting which patients would …