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Researchers funded by NHGRI’s Genome Technology Program include a wide range of investigators with a variety of scientific expertise.
… looking at the expression of a few select genes in a whole tissue or looking at more genes in cells grown in an … gene expression and understand genome function at the tissue level. To do this, the researchers built an array of … gene expression of many genes in the context of the whole tissue,” says Dr. Chen. Already, the group has applied their …
Fact Sheets
A knockout mouse is a laboratory mouse in which researchers have inactivated an existing gene by replacing it or disrupting it with an artificial piece of DNA.
… out in an ES cell, the effects can be observed in any tissue in an adult mouse. In addition, ES cells grown in the …
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Researchers have found powerful clues to why certain processes and systems in the mouse are so different from those in people.
… researchers found that differences appeared in specific tissue and cell types. "We didn't know before these results … sites (which identify regulatory DNA) in 45 mouse cell and tissue types to those in humans. They reported in Science … his colleagues compared gene expression in 15 different tissue types in mice and humans. Contrary to previous …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., emphasizes the importance of the Technology Transfer Office and its mission to manage all the legal negotiations that help to protect federally funded research from being unduly exploited, while also giving that research avenues to reach patients through the commercialization of promising advances.
… Genes for Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus - Tissue Biopsy Study” is a long-term, international, and …
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The skin microbiota plays an intricate role in the human immune system, directing many immune functions and defending against bacterial pathogens.
… to an immune-system receptor. S. epidermidis also inhibits tissue colonization by the highly pathogenic S. aureus , the … Among these functions are overall immune system screening, tissue repair, wound healing, inflammation control, … If S. epidermidis fails to confine S. aureus to the nasal tissue that it often inhabits, the human host could be in for …
Staff
Dr. Acosta is a board-certified pediatric neurologist with the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program's GM1 gene therapy trial.
… positive impact that the gene therapy may have on brain regeneration. This is especially significant, as some …
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A repurposed cancer drug appears to reduce the severity of lesions and pain experienced by people with Proteus syndrome
… the researchers looked at was the cerebriform connective tissue nevus (CCTN), which is a disfiguring, massive …
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Dr. Alexander Arguello is a program director in the NHGRI Division of Genome Sciences.
… Reference Program (HGRP) and Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) initiatives as well as the …
The Informed Consent Resource
Explore the basic elements of informed consent that are required by the Common Rule and that are relevant to genomics.
… name of previous project or biobank]. Your blood and tissue samples contain DNA, which makes up the genes that … The process for the collection of samples (blood or other tissue) and health information. Whether researchers will have … If your doctors collected a blood sample (or other tissue sample) as part of your medical care, we will study …