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Researchers with support from NIH will conduct research into the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease.
… data from different racial/ethnic groups, and examine how brain images and other biomarkers are associated with genome … will examine whether CNVs influence memory performance, brain images and other biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease. …
Event
On November 16-17, 2023, the National Human Genome Institute will co-sponsor a workshop, Advances in the Genetic Architecture of Complex Human Traits, to take a historically grounded and forward-looking approach towards dissecting the genetic architecture of complex traits in humans.
… Biomarkers, Disorders of the Gut and Disorders of the Brain Naomi Wray, Oxford University 2:00 p.m.   Major Genes …
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.
… is generally no effective treatment due to the severe brain involvement and inability of current therapies to cross the blood-brain barrier. Life expectancy is usually less than 2 years. …
FAQ
Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means to the pediatric mitochondrial disease community.
… example, pediatric mitochondrial disease often affects the brain, which may cause children to experience movement …
Media Advisory
The NIH-funded Integrative Human Microbiome Project presented at the International Human Microbiome Congress.
… genomics and disease risk prediction; the microbiome and brain function and neurological diseases; and the use of …
News Release
It’s teatime and doctors, researchers and patients are at the table. They celebrate a decade of work and launch the first in-human gene therapy trial for children with a rare and devastating disease, GM1 gangliosidosis.
… else. She has a disease that attacks nerve cells in the brain, rendering them useless, one by one.  When Jojo was … functioning copies of the defective GLB1 gene to the cat's brain cells. Viruses are ambitious. They try to take over … The cats finish developing at eight weeks, but Jojo's brain continues to develop until she is 18 years old. I'm …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have identified new genes associated with the Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and some possible new therapies.
… seen in colon cancer, lung cancer, thyroid cancer, brain tumors and some blood cancers. Other patients had …
Event
A public two-day National Institutes of Health (NIH) symposium that brings together experts from the biological and social sciences to clarify and contextualize – but not resolve - the complexities around sex, gender, and genomics by considering them in their scientific, ethical, and historical contexts.
Research at NHGRI
The Social and Behavioral Research Branch conducts research to apply genomic discoveries to improve health and clinical care.
… and rare genetic variations impact the development of the brain, metabolism, and behavior through the lifespan. We also …
Genetic Disorders
Antiphospholipid Syndrome is a disorder characterized by elevated levels of antibodies that are associated with clots in the arteries and veins.
… (a blood clot that forms in a blood vessel of the brain), embolic stroke (stroke caused by a blood clot that … travels from a different location to a blood vessel in the brain) can also occur. Multiple strokes can sometimes lead to …