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Three research teams funded by NIH gather data at the most basic molecular levels about the biological processes that make up the human microbiome.
… tens of thousands of microbial species that live in or on human beings - the human microbiome - they would find therapies for a host of diseases. As it turned out, the problem isn't that simple: …
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Baylor College of Medicine. Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
… will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). Each site will receive more than $2.5 … Christine M. Eng, M.D., professor of molecular and human genetics and medical director of the DNA Diagnostic … Howard J. Jacob, Ph.D., professor of physiology and human and molecular genetics and director of the Human and …
Research Funding
The Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium aims to advance the application of multi-omic technologies to study health and disease in ancestrally diverse populations.
… practices, and standards that can be generalized across diseases and populations. It will also generate a … … NIH awards $50.3 million for “multi-omics” research on human health and disease September 12, 2023 … Multi-Omics for … … NCI … NIEHS … Contributing NIH Institutes: National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) National Cancer …
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The Undiagnosed Diseases Network has opened an online patient application portal called the UDN Gateway.
… Steven Benowitz … The Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN), a clinical research initiative of the … diagnose despite extensive clinical investigation. These diseases are difficult for doctors to diagnose because they … been described or are unrecognized forms of more common diseases. … The new system streamlines the application …
CRGGH is now part of the newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… past year, the Intramural Research Program of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has been reorganized. …
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NHGRI published its “Strategic vision for improving human health at The Forefront of Genomics” in the journal Nature. This vision describes the most compelling research priorities and opportunities in human genomics for the coming decade, signaling a new era in genomics for the Institute and the field.
… … NHGRI's 2020 Strategic Vision describes opportunities in human genomics for improving human health. … The National Human Genome Research Institute … microbiology and the study of rare and common genetic diseases, among others. Most recently, effective uses of …
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NHGRI researchers have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results show that generating a precise, base-by-base sequence of a human chromosome is now possible, and will enable researchers to produce a complete sequence of the human genome.
… era in genomics research. … Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results, published today in the journal … sequence first, due to its link with a myriad of diseases , including hemophilia, chronic granulomatous …
Clinical Research
A study with the goal of finding the genetic cause of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and several novel and undiagnosed causes of autoinflammatory disease.
… Identifier: NCT00001373 . … Autoinflammatory diseases are a group of disorders characterized by seemingly … disorders, while also advancing our understanding of the human immune system. However, a large subset of patients have … 2020 Ancient familial Mediterranean fever mutations in human pyrin and resistance to Yersinia pestis . Nature …
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases.
… studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases. … Investigators focus, in particular, on diseases … to document and interpret the non-random distribution of human genetic variation, as well as to understand human history and how it informs disease distribution and …
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NHGRI workshop seeking scientific perspectives for relating genomic variation to human phenotype.
… Discovery and Interpretation of Variation Associated with Human Health and Disease Panel: Barbara Stranger Anshul … affect and understand the effects of those variants on human health and disease. We seek recommendations for … Variation Identification, Association, and Function in Human Health and Disease … NHGRI workshop seeking scientific …