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Dr. Francis Collins was a senior investigator in Center for Precision Health Research.
… genes for type 2 diabetes, and the gene that causes Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a rare condition that causes premature …
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Dr. Michael Erdos is an Associate Investigator in the Molecular Genetics Section of the Center for Precision Health Research.
… therapeutics for the rare premature-aging disease, Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS). Two of those treatment strategies …
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Dr. Leslie Biesecker is a clinical and molecular geneticist in and the chief of NHGRI's Center for Precision Health Research.
… natural history of numerous diseases, including Proteus syndrome, PIK3CA-related overgrowth syndrome, TARP syndrome, oculofaciocardiodental syndrome, Lenz …
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SJS/TEN is a severe drug reactions that affect the skin, and one of the most severe of adverse reactions affecting any system in the body
… soon by a rare genetic condition known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (SJS/TEN). SJS/TEN is the … victim to the fatal genetic condition, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, or SJS/TEN. Photo … many more such variants and understand how they cause the syndrome so we can develop effective treatment and prevention …
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An expert panel from the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) has critically reevaluated the scientific evidence for all 17 reported genes, disputing nine of the genes and revealing only three of the genes to be definitively associated with the most common form of the disease.
… three genes believed to be associated with long QT syndrome … Geneticists and heart specialists around the world had previously reported 17 genes to cause long QT syndrome, a little-known inherited heart condition. However, … as having limited or disputed evidence for causing the syndrome. Their results were published in Circulation , the …
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Diana Bianchi is an adjunct investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute. ​
… commitment to developing prenatal treatments for Down syndrome. They hypothesize that giving safe and efficacious … chromosomes, and fetuses with trisomies 21 or 18, Turner syndrome (45, X), Fragile X, twin to twin transfusion syndrome, and myelomeningocele. We have also explored the …
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William J. Pavan, Ph.D. is the chief of NHGRI's Genetic Disease Research Branch.
… factor SOX10 , which is associated with Waardenburg Syndrome IV and with human melanoma, and also identified the … disease and melanocyte deficiencies of Waardenburg (WS) syndrome. Subsequently, germline SOX10 mutations were … modeling the genetic variation of Waardenburg-Shah (WS4) syndrome. Genome Res , 9(3): 215-225. 1999. [ PubMed ] …
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Dr. Merideth is a staff clinician in the Office of the Clinical Director and program director for both the NHGRI Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship and NHGRI Clinical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship.
… Merideth helped conduct the first Natural History Study in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), developing outcome parameters which …
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Lindsey Criswell, who became the director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in February, 2021 is also an associate investigator in NHGRI's Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… (RA); systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren’s syndrome, major histocompatibility complex (MHC), biological …
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Dr. Introne is a pediatrician, clinical and biochemical geneticist in the Medical Genetics Branch in NHGRI.
… RO Cannon, WA Gahl, Introne WJ . Phenotype and course of Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome . N Engl J Med 358:592-604, 2008.  …