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Dr. Adebowale Adeyemo is an associate investigator and deputy director of NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… genome-wide association study (GWAS) for hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans. Dr. Adeyemo is currently … mapping panels for African Americans from commercial high-density SNP arrays. BMC Genomics, 11:417. 2010. [ PubMed …
FAQ
On November 8-9, 2023, NHGRI sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD. The following questions were answered during the meeting.
… screening come before our ability to discern clinically high-risk people? Or address the disparities on the back-end … in advance. Fortunately, many interventions to lower blood pressure, including medication and diet/lifestyle changes, …
Staff
Dr. Guanjie Chen is a senior research fellow with the NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… et al. A Genome wide association study of hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans. PLoS Genet 2009 Jul. PMID: … mapping panels for African Americans from commercial high density SNP arrays. BMC Genomics. 2010 Jul. PMID: …
News Release
NIH researchers have created a data resource show how differences in an individual's genome can affect gene activity and contribute to disease.
… a resource that scientists studying areas ranging from blood pressure to neurodegenerative disease would find invaluable." … collaboration and supports a series of exceptionally high-impact, trans-NIH programs. Common Fund programs are …
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… Slides_Variation in Blood Pressure Across Populations.pdf …
News Release
NIH researchers have identified a gene that makes yeast resistant to a lethal toxin.
Genetic Disorders
Marfan syndrome an inherited disorder of connective tissue occurring once in every 10,000 to 20,000 individuals.
… enlargement of the proximal pulmonary artery, and a high risk for aortic tear and rupture (aortic dissection). … … Recent work on Angiotensin II receptor blockers, another blood pressure medication like beta blockers, has shown additional …
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.
… ulcers. These and other symptoms result when mutated red blood cells take a sickle shape, blocking blood flow and decreasing oxygen delivery. Little is known … aim to improve our understanding of the disease." Normal blood cells (left) and the blood cells in Sickle cell …
Genetic Disorders
Dercum disease is a rare condition that is characterized by multiple, painful fatty tumors that occur chiefly in post-menopausal, obese women of middle age.
… cyanosis (bluish discoloration of the skin), hypertension (high blood pressure), headaches, and epistaxis (nosebleeds). … The …
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In a conversation, Dr. Elise Feingold reflects on her path to NHGRI, describes her experience leading the ENCODE program and shares advice for those considering different scientific careers.
… become interested in science and genetics? Feingold: In high school, I took a biology class, and I just really … to be postdoctoral fellow at National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. While I really loved the science, I didn't … to identify genomic targets for developing treatments for blood disorders that Dr. Feingold had studied decades …