Search Results
Facet (Page)
Refine Your Search
Audiences
Content Formats
Events
Sections
Divisions
Programs
- Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium1
- Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project1
- Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetics of Rare Diseases (GREGOR) Consortium1
- Multi-Omics for Health and Disease (Multi-Omics)1
- Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program4
- Genomics-Enabled Learning Health Systems (gLHS)1
Media Availability
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that affects ten percent of the world's population, but the genetics underlying the disease remain poorly understood.
… investigation of the underlying genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes has unveiled the most detailed look at the genetic …
Educational Resources
Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by an inability to make or use the hormone insulin.
… Diabetes (Diabetes Mellitus) … Diabetes mellitus is a disease … to make or use the hormone insulin. … Diabetes, Insulin, Type II Diabetes, Type I Diabetes, Autoimmune Disease … Diabetes mellitus is a …
News Release
In a new large-scale genetic analysis, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have found set of small RNA molecules, called microRNAs, in human pancreatic cells that are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes.
… NIH study identifies new molecules involved in diabetes. … In a new large-scale genetic analysis, scientists … human pancreatic cells that are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes. Researchers discovered the microRNAs in groups of …
News Release
The largest genomic study on type 2 diabetes in Africans to date has recently been published in Nature Communications and reports the most recent findings of the ongoing Africa America Diabetes Mellitus (AADM) study that has been led by Dr. Charles Rotimi for over two decades.
… Amy Bentley … The largest genomic study on type 2 diabetes in Africans to date has recently been published in …
News Release
Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene.
… Ph.D. … Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene. … National … researchers have reported the largest genomic study of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in sub-Saharan Africans, with data from more …
News Release
NIH researchers demonstrated that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1.
… the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 (NPC1). The gene therapy involved inserting a … with a faulty NPC1 gene to model Niemann-Pick disease, type C1. The researchers' goal was to correct the faulty NPC1 … therapy shows promise for treating Niemann-Pick disease type C1 … NIH researchers demonstrated that gene therapy may …
News Release
NIH-funded researchers completed the PanCancer Atlas from over 10,000 tumors representing 33 types of cancer.
News Release
NIH researchers have identified a striking signature in tumor DNA that occurs in five different types of cancer.
… as some intermediate and early tumors, depending on the type. Dr. Elnitski's group will also collaborate with … over the course of treatment and to determine if this type of analysis leads to improved detection of a recurrence … Current blood tests are specific to a known tumor type. In other words, clinicians must first find the tumor, …
Genetic Disorders
Myotonic dystrophy is an inherited type of muscular dystrophy that affects the muscles and other body systems.
… Myotonic dystrophy is an inherited type of muscular dystrophy that affects the muscles and other body systems. … Myotonic dystrophy is an inherited type of muscular dystrophy that affects the muscles and other … There are two types of myotonic dystrophy: Type 1 and Type 2. The two types are caused by alterations (mutations) in two …
… Diabetes (Diabetes Mellitus) … Diabetes mellitus is a disease … glucose, the body's main source of chemical energy. Type I diabetes, also called insulin-dependent diabetes … by an autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing cells. Type II diabetes, also called non-insulin-dependent diabetes …