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NIH-funded researchers completed the PanCancer Atlas from over 10,000 tumors representing 33 types of cancer.
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NIH grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, manage heart disease and guide cancer clinicians to the most effective drugs.
… aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, keep heart disease patients out of hospitals and … mistaken for the more common types of diabetes, such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes. These patients often receive inadequate …
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Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network identify novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma.
… main risk factor, adenocarcinoma is also the most common type of lung cancer among lifelong non-smokers and the risk … Study identifies novel genomic changes in the most common type of lung cancer … Researchers from The Cancer Genome …
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The TCGA network describes uterine and bile duct cancer.
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Reflecting on his NIH career, Dr. Smith recounts his journey from researcher to program director in a conversation with NHGRI science writer Sonja Soo, Ph.D. He looks ahead to a retirement filled with traveling, spending time with friends and family, playing pickleball and brewing ale.
… genes and studied conditions such as kidney failure and diabetes. Some high points were performing the analyses … studied conditions such as kidney failure, HIV/AIDS and diabetes. Reflecting on his NIH career, Dr. Smith recounts …
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Researchers find that more than 80 percent of mouse genes had variations in the nearby regulatory DNA that affects gene activity.
… such as height and susceptibility to common diseases like diabetes and heart disease usually stem from a complicated … than from the mother. The findings, reported online March 2, 2015 in the journal Nature Genetics , provide new insights … pervasive allelic balance. Nature Genetics . March 2, 2015, DOI: 10.1038/ng.3222. [ PubMed ] WHO: Jeffrey …
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The Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium aims to advance the application of multi-omic technologies to study health and disease in ancestrally diverse populations.
… Chicago Multi-Omics at the Intersections of Environment, Diabetes, and Kidney Disease: A Multi-Omics for Health and … include 1) persons from ancestrally diverse populations; 2) persons with and without specific diseases; 3) harmonized …
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On March 12-16, 2024, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will participate in the 2024 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting - an annual medical and scientific conference continues to provide groundbreaking research and the latest advances in medical genetics, genomics and personalized medicine.
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Researchers from the NHGRI-funded Impact of Genomic Variation on Function Consortium are exploring how genomic variation affects genome function.
… the blood to an energy source for the body. In people with diabetes, the body stops making and/or stops responding to … cell model not only because beta cells are relevant to diabetes but also because researchers can observe the dynamic … to help control the disease. It’s the missing piece in the diabetes puzzle.” The work being done by Dr. Carter and …
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The PAGE Consortium investigates ancestrally diverse populations to gain a better understanding of how genetic factors influence susceptibility to disease.
… variants, variant annotation, and specific traits (lipids, diabetes/obesity, CHD/ECG, cancer, hypertension/kidney, … on cancer, cardiovascular disease, lipids, obesity, type 2 diabetes, menopause/menarche, the Metabochip and …