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Transcription and Translation Lesson Plan

Tools and resources for teaching the concepts of transcription and translation, two key steps in gene expression

… of transcription and translation, two key steps in gene expression . … Transcription is the process of making an RNA copy of a gene sequence. This copy, called a messenger RNA (mRNA) …

News Release

NIH pilot project will match researchers to genes, gene variants of interest

NIH and Inova Health are launching The Genomic Ascertainment Cohort, a pilot project that will examine gene and gene variant influence on phenotypes.

… and investigate the health consequences of their genes and gene variants. … Reversing a Long-Standing Paradigm To … them to recall genotyped people and examine the genes and gene variants' influence on their phenotypes, an individual's … traits or symptoms and then searching for genes or gene variants that cause or contribute to them. NIH will …

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Researchers uncover gene regions that affect cholesterol levels in smokers

Researchers identified 13 gene regions that influence cholesterol levels, some of which affected people differently if they are smokers or former smokers.

… researchers and their collaborators identified 13 new gene regions that influence cholesterol levels, some of which … smoking affected the relationship between an individual's gene variants and their lipids. Lipids consist of low-density … African ancestry. This enabled researchers to find new gene regions associated with lipids that could not be found …

Fact Sheets

Transcriptome Fact Sheet

A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell.

… A transcriptome is a collection of all the gene readouts present in a cell. … The human genome is made … words, copied - into RNA ( ribonucleic acid ) . These gene readouts are called transcripts, and a transcriptome is … determine the amount of gene activity - also called gene expression - in a certain cell or tissue type. In humans and …

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Genetics vs. Genomics Fact Sheet

Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).

… … Understanding more about diseases caused by a single gene (using genetics) and complex diseases caused by multiple … and will be clones of the common ancestor bacterial cell. Gene cloning involves manipulations to make multiple identical copies of a single gene from the same ancestor gene. Cloning an organism means …

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Biological Pathways Fact Sheet

A biological pathway is a series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain product or a change in the cell.

… Other metabolic pathways actually help to build molecules. Gene-regulation pathways turn genes on and off. Such action … a certain product or a change in the cell. … Biochemistry, Gene Expression, Metabolism, Medication … A biological pathway is …

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Genetic Mapping Fact Sheet

Genetic mapping offers evidence that a disease transmitted from parent to child is linked to one or more genes and clues about where a gene lies on a chromosome.

… and provides clues about which chromosome contains the gene and precisely where the gene lies on that chromosome. … Among the main goals of the … also provides clues about which chromosome contains the gene and precisely where the gene lies on that chromosome. …

Genetic Disorders

About Fragile X Syndrome

Fragile X syndrome is an inherited intellectual disability caused by a mutation in the FMR1 gene.

… intellectual disability caused by a mutation in the FMR1 gene. … Fragile X syndrome is the most common form of … are caused by an alteration (mutation) in the FMR1 gene where a DNA segment, known as the CGG triplet repeat, is … expanded CGG segment inactivates (silences) the FMR1 gene, which prevents the gene from producing a protein called …

Policy Issues

What’s Happening in Genome Editing Right Now?

Scientific institutions are developing recommendations to support the responsible use of human gene-editing research.

… genome-editing research. … In light of recent advances in gene-editing research and technologies, the National … decision making for the responsible use of human gene-editing research. This initiative examined the clinical, ethical, legal and social implications of human gene editing. Their efforts included an international summit …

Fact Sheets

Genome-Wide Association Studies Fact Sheet

Genome-wide association studies involve scanning markers across the genomes of many people to find genetic variations associated with a particular disease.

… form of blindness is associated with variation in the gene for complement factor H, which produces a protein … Study, the Women's Health Initiative and the Candidate Gene Association Resource, which pools DNA samples collected … … Genome-Wide Association Studies, GWAS, DNA, Genome, Gene Expression, Gene Variation, Personalized Medicine, Gene …