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In 1982, John Carey, M.D., and his colleagues named the rare disease, Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome. Now, researchers have identified the genomic mutations.
… misdiagnosed the children with Moebius Syndrome, a disease characterized by facial paralysis. "My sister Tonya … colleagues described and named the children's very rare disease, Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome (CFZS). Thirty-five … of Health." Sadly, Tonya Hanson developed restrictive lung disease and died of pneumonia when she was 37 years …
Event
NHGRI, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) will host a pre-application interactive webinar for the Multi-Omics for Health and Disease program funding opportunity announcements (FOAs): RFA-HG-22-008, RFA-HG-22-009 and RFA-HG-22-010.
… interactive webinar for the Multi-Omics for Health and Disease program funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). NIH … process:  RFA-HG-22-008 : Multi-Omics for Health and DiseaseDisease Study Sites (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) …
Clinical Research
An Observational Prospective Natural History Study of Metabolism, Infection and Immunity During the COVID19 Pandemic (At-home Participation).
… implications of COVID19 in individuals with mitochondrial disease or their family members is unknown.  Individuals with mitochondrial disease may be particularly at risk for decline associated … like genetic differences in individuals with mitochondrial disease who may be infected with COVID-19.  Our goal is to …
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A study from researchers at National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators revealed a significant genetic risk factor for kidney disease in people of West African ancestry.
… revealed a significant genetic risk factor for kidney disease in people from Ghana and Nigeria. Their study … can significantly increase the risk of developing kidney disease. APOL1 is important for the immune system and … of the gene are linked to increased risk of chronic kidney disease. The study is published in the New England Journal of …
Staff
William J. Pavan, Ph.D. is the chief of NHGRI's Genetic Disease Research Branch.
… and to dissect gene regulatory pathways in development and disease. His primary areas of interest include the … as well as the lysosomal storage disorder Niemann-Pick disease, Type C. By integration of basic science research … discover the alterations in these pathways that lead to disease and develop paradigms for therapeutic interventions. …
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As researchers uncover millions of DNA differences in genes, doctors struggle to know which of these inherited differences, called variants, really matter.
… researchers know little about their roles in health and disease. Clinicians and researchers hope to use information about genomic variants to evaluate individual disease risk, make better diagnoses, develop more appropriate disease surveillance strategies, and provide better, tailored …
News Release
NIH is establishing the Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium, with approximately $11 million awarded in the consortium’s first year of funding. The new consortium aims to advance the generation and analysis of “multi-omic” data for human health research.
… of Health is establishing the Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium , with approximately $11 million awarded … and cellular processes involved in human health and disease, including untangling genetic and non-genetic factors in health and disease. Such an approach offers great promise in areas such …
For Patients and Families
List of resources to help you find accurate and reliable information on genetic and rare diseases. ​
… your medical care. … Information on just about any disease can be obtained from the published scientific … These articles present what is known to date about a disease. Such articles may focus on the cause, diagnosis, treatment or other aspects of a disease. Basic science or laboratory research: These articles …
Policy Issues
Genome editing is currently being applied to research on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease areas.
… on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease areas. … Basic research exploring human and nonhuman … to help scientists understand the basic biology underlying disease, as well as to discover new possible therapeutic …  (traits). A typical study might be to model human disease in mice by deleting or editing certain genes that are …
Staff
Dr. William A. Gahl is a senior investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch and the director of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program.
… He elucidated the basic defects in cystinosis and Salla disease, i.e., deficiencies of the lysosomal membrane … alkaptonuria, autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, Chediak-Higashi disease, GNE myopathy, and Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), a …