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NHGRI researchers to present talks, posters at ASHG annual meeting

NHGRI researchers will present four platform talks and 55 posters to highlight the institute's diverse portfolio at the 65th annual meeting of ASHG.

… sequencing identifies miRNAs in peripheral blood of African Americans related to metabolic syndrome and abdominal … of Sequence Variants in a Population-based Study of African Americans: Implications for report of incidental … the distribution of HDL-cholesterol in West Africans and African Americans. (Complex Traits and Polygenic Disorders) …

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Rongling Li, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Rongling Li is an epidemiologist and program director in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute.

… Apolipoprotein L1 Variants and Blood Pressure Traits in African Americans. J Am Coll Cardiol . 69(12):1564-1574. doi: … unique venous thromboembolism-susceptibility variants in African-Americans. Thromb Haemost . doi: … Approach of 16q12.2/ FTO and BMI in More Than 20,000 African Americans Narrows in on the Underlying Functional …

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New NIH studies seek adults and families affected by sickle cell disease/trait

NHGRI researchers seek help from people with Sickle Cell Disease to find the factors - environmental, social and genetic - that impact the severity of symptoms.

… life. SCD affects approximately 100,000 Americans. Among African Americans, 1 in every 365 is born with sickle cell … with sickle cell trait. Although the risk is greater among African Americans, many people are affected by both SCD and …

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Role of microbes in human health and disease

Final outcomes from the most comprehensive analysis to-date of humans and their microbiomes definitively link microbes and microbial activities with health problems.

… Prevention , in 2016, the rate of premature birth among African-American women was 14% compared to white women at 9% … their risk for preterm birth, with a particular focus on African-American women. The project enrolled and followed a … that during the early stages of pregnancy, women (mostly African-American) who experienced preterm birth had …

The Genomics Landscape

NHGRI publishes new strategic vision for human genomics

In the November 5, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green focuses on the 2020 Strategic Vision.

… results from their efforts to increase genomic data from African populations. The paper , entitled “High depth African genomes inform human migration and health,” includes … of whole-genome sequences of 426 individuals from 13 African countries, which together represent 50 …

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Genome-Wide Gene-Smoking Interaction Study Highlights Importance of Lifestyle Factors and Ancestral Diversity

CRGGH researchers Amy Bentley and Charles Rotimi have just completed a large-scale, multi-ancestry genome-wide analysis of gene × smoking interactions on the concentration of serum lipids, including high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), and triglycerides.

… among smokers and loci that were only found among those of African ancestry, highlighting the importance of diversity in …

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Michael Smith retires after helping genomic technologies flourish

Reflecting on his NIH career, Dr. Smith recounts his journey from researcher to program director in a conversation with NHGRI science writer Sonja Soo, Ph.D. He looks ahead to a retirement filled with traveling, spending time with friends and family, playing pickleball and brewing ale.

… region that is a major contributor to kidney disease in African Americans. I also had the opportunity to direct …