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Research at NHGRI
The Translational and Functional Genomics Branch explores the genetic, epigenetic and metagenomic basis of human disorders.
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Using a recently developed DNA base-editing technique, researchers correct accelerating aging disorder.
… technique, researchers correct accelerating aging disorder. … Researchers have successfully used a DNA-editing … technique, researchers correct accelerating aging disorder. … DNA-editing, CRISPR, progeria, Hutchinson-Gilford … technique, researchers correct accelerating aging disorder. … News Release …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH uses genomic tools to understand the pathobiology of metabolic disorders, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and kidney disease.
… diseases, in different human populations with particular attention to African Americans and Africans. Recent African …
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A simple blood draw is replacing a giant needle to the belly for testing their fetuses for a range of genetic disorders.
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic Medicine Branch houses clinical and laboratory research programs that focus on the development of new therapies for patients with genetic disorders.
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The Physician-Scientist Development Program helps physicians develop research programs dedicated to the disorders they specialize in.
… in metabolic disorders. His expertise lies in a disorder known as methylmalonic academia (MMA), in which the … those suffering from MMA, current therapies to treat the disorder are limited. Dr. Venditti said that for …
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NHGRI researchers are studying the link between Parkinson's disease, and a rare disorder, Gaucher disease, by cross-breeding mice with the disease mutations.
… are studying the puzzling link between a common disorder, Parkinson's disease, and a rare disorder, Gaucher disease, by cross-breeding mice to carry … who have Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative movement disorder. Individuals who inherit two mutant copies of GBA1 …
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NHGRI will highlight rare disease research that benefits affected patients and provides insights into more common disorders on Rare Disease Day.
… NT5E gene that causes a rare and debilitating blood vessel disorder. This condition affects only nine people in the …
Educational Resources
Holoprosencephaly is a developmental disorder that results when the forebrain of the embryo fails to divide and form the right and left halves of the brain.
… Holoprosencephaly … Holoprosencephaly is a developmental disorder that results when the forebrain of the embryo fails … halves of the brain. … Holoprosencephaly, Developmental Disorder, Birth Defect … Holoprosencephaly is a developmental disorder that results when the forebrain of the embryo fails …
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Dr. Ellen Sidransky is a pediatrician and clinical geneticist in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… of phenotypic diversity encountered in a single gene disorder, and applies gained insights to better understand … and basic sciences. Gaucher disease (GD), the prototype disorder studied, is the recessively inherited deficiency of … enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GCase). This well-characterized disorder has broad clinical diversity, ranging from death in …