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The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes James Thomas as the new director for NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… has been linked to a range of diseases, including leukemia, lymphomas, and other types of cancer, but these …
For Patients and Families
​Genetic research is creating new ways for people to take action and prevent disease and new ways to treat disease through personalized medicine.​ ​
… in tumors. Children with a common type of childhood leukemia can be tested to find the right doses of …
Policy Issues
Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the DNA of many organisms, including plants, bacteria, and animals.
… Layla received a gene editing treatment to help her fight leukemia, a type of cancer. These scientists did not use …
For Patients and Families
​Pharmacogenomics combines the science of how drugs work, called pharmacology, with the science of the human genome, called genomics.​
… (Purinethol) to patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Some people have a genetic variant that interferes …
Genetic Disorders
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency is a severe, genetic condition of the immune system.
… a French gene-therapy experiment had developed a type of leukemia. It was soon discovered that the mechanism used to …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. details the upcoming appointment of acting NHGRI Deputy Director, Vence Bonham Jr., J.D. and what it means for the institute.
… projects, including positional cloning of a fusion gene in leukemia, the identification of the familial Mediterranean …
About NHGRI
A timeline of notable events in the history of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… world expert in the onset, development and progression of leukemia, Dr. Liu leads the Oncogenesis and Development …