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Researchers explored patients', parents' and physicians' perspectives on the use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing to reverse sickle cell disease.
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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 …
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.
Research at NHGRI
The Democratizing Education for Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy project developed patient-focused educational materials for the sickle cell community.
News Release
UDN members have published a how-to guide for diagnosing medical mysteries for medical centers nationwide outline the framework for how this can be successful.
… Branch … Since accepting its first patient in 2015, the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) has been working towards creating a … the framework for how this can be successful. See: The Undiagnosed Diseases Network: Accelerating Discovery about …
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Dr. William Gahl, NHGRI Clinical Director, gave the Samuel Pruzansky Memorial Lecture on March 23 for the March of Dimes Clinical Genetics Conference.
… has given dozens of lectures about helping patients with undiagnosed diseases, work he began with the Undiagnosed Diseases Program in 2008. … But when he gave the …
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NHGRI researchers have released new educational materials to help the sickle cell disease community learn about gene therapies for the disease.
News Release
Daniel Kastner was named Federal Employee of the Year as part of the 2018 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals program.
… causes of multiple rare and debilitating autoinflammatory diseases and identifying and treating previously undiagnosed illnesses, efforts that have alleviated the … program. ​ … Dan Kastner, autoinflammatory diseases, undiagnosed diseases … Daniel Kastner was named Federal …