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News Release
Scientists studying the genomes of nearly 5,000 people have pinpointed a genetic variant tied to an increased risk for stroke and cardiovascular disease.
… pathway that plays a major role in several common diseases. Together, their findings may provide new clues to … of stroke, cardiovascular disease and many other common diseases," said Stephen R. Williams, Ph.D., a postdoctoral … are associated with an increased risk of common diseases such as stroke, cardiovascular disease and dementia. …
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Sickle cell disease resources for patients
News Release
Six new grants will support researchers for new computational approaches to search millions of genomic variants for disease susceptibility.
… (GWAS) to find regions of the genome associated with diseases and traits. In GWAS, the genomes of thousands of … Ph.D. To understand the DNA drivers of common human diseases (using immune diseases as test cases), the researchers plan to analyze how …
News Release
Researchers explored patients', parents' and physicians' perspectives on the use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing to reverse sickle cell disease.
News Release
NHGRI researchers have discovered that Mediterranean populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease because of evolutionary pressure to survive the bubonic plague.
… by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Center for Research on Genomics and Global …
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NIH recently awarded approximately $6.8 million in grants to several research teams to study the biology of rare and undiagnosed diseases.
… teams to study the biology of rare and undiagnosed diseases. The new grants, pending available funds, support … to better understand the causes and development of these diseases, and to improve the ability of doctors to diagnose … and a Metabolomics Core, as part of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). In addition, six new awards fund …
News Release
Researchers at the NHGRI's Undiagnosed Disease Program have developed a new toolset for finding potential disease-causing gene variants in undiagnosed patients.
… genes. … The UDP is part of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network , which brings together clinical and … to improve upon the 25 percent diagnosis rate for unknown diseases," said Thomas Markello, M.D., Ph.D., the study's … on average, 6.6 faulty genes in people with undiagnosed diseases compared to 5.8 faulty genes in their healthy …
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.
Clinical Research
In the late 90’s and early 2000’s, scientists at the NIH highlighted an increased incidence of Parkinson disease among patients with GD and their families.
… manifestations associated with Gaucher disease. Diseases. 2;5(1). pii: E10. doi: 10.3390/diseases5010010. …
Fact Sheet
Gene therapy for sickle cell disease is available to you through FDA-approved therapies and through clinical trials.