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15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics helps us understand evolution and protect our biological ecosystems.
… how much DNA had been exchanged between different types of bacteria over time [see Microbes and Microbiomes ]. We've … New York City, researchers identified traces of 114 unique bacteria, in addition to other organisms like plants and …
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… augments/extends capabilities encoded in the human genome.*bacteria, fungi, viruses, phage, archaea, protozoa, … over FY12-16 Recent advances in microbiome research*üGut bacteria/bacterial metabolism and obesityüBacterial …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps progress from NHGRI strategic planning process events in 2018.
… Cancer Onset Flood of Genome Data Hinders Efforts to ID Bacteria Notable Accomplishments in Genomic Medicine New …
News Release
NHGRI researchers seek help from people with Sickle Cell Disease to find the factors - environmental, social and genetic - that impact the severity of symptoms.
… health status by studying the role of the microbiome (bacteria, fungi and viruses living in and on all humans), the …
Clinical Research
The INSIGHTS study is exploring sickle cell disease in adults.
… participants will have their skin microbiome tested for bacteria and fungi. A key component of the study is …
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… STUDY We are trying to determine how microbes, such as bacteria and fungi, contribute to atopic dermatitis. With …
Fact Sheets
A biological pathway is a series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain product or a change in the cell.
… pathways through laboratory studies of cultured cells, bacteria, fruit flies, mice and other organisms. Many of the …
News Release
NIH researchers identified a novel role for a gene known as heat shock protein 60, finding it is critical in tissue regeneration and wound healing.
… Medicine . "This gene is found in every organism from bacteria to man. We have shown that in vertebrates, it has a …
Talking Glossary
CRISPR (short for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats”) is a technology that research scientists use to selectively modify the DNA of living organisms.
… from naturally occurring genome editing systems found in bacteria. … CRISPR (short for “clustered regularly …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is altering a genome with unparalleled efficiency and precision.
… that they could borrow tools from the immune system of bacteria and develop "bacterial scissors" for surgically …