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Genome-wide association studies involve scanning markers across the genomes of many people to find genetic variations associated with a particular disease​.
… Genome-wide association studies involve scanning markers across the genomes of many …
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Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 … results for many of the variants which other research studies have already implicated in T2D in mostly European … populations. The work was funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Institute of …
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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.
… The study, led in part by scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, will inform future studies on the early detection and treatment of diabetes. The … and senior author of the study. “The majority of prior studies have been in rodents or in islet-like groups of cells …
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Dr. Randy Chandler is an associate investigator in the Organic Acid Research Section of the Metabolic Medicine Branch in NHGRI.
… Disease, Type C1. His preclinical proof-of-principal studies using MMA murine models have helped enable two … mRNA therapy and the other, AAV-mediated nuclease-free genome editing. In addition, he is a member of NCATS’s … gene therapy approaches, such as AAV gene delivery, genome editing, and mRNA therapy, to cure rare genetic …
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National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish through cell regeneration. The study may inform the development of treatments for hearing loss in humans.
… Burgess, Ph.D., senior investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) Translational and … had to look at the enhancer sequences within the zebrafish genome.   If transcription factors are thought of as the keys … The study, led by investigators at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), may inform the development …
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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).
… describes the study of all of a person's genes (the genome). … Genetics is a term that refers to the study of … one generation to another. Genetics involves scientific studies of genes and their effects. Genes (units of heredity) … that describes the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is advancing the study of individual and communities of microbes.
… difference between 2018 and 15 years ago when the Human Genome Project was completed, is that genomics is now  used … "flu shot." Even so, just one mutation in the virus's genome can make a big difference in the severity of someone's … next generation. Now that we can track various microbes' genome sequences very accurately, we can see that antibiotic …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is transforming how we study, diagnose and treat cancer.
… genomes have changed? Cancer is caused by changes in your genome, but advances in DNA sequencing technology are leading … group of genetic diseases that result from changes in the genome of cells in the body, leading them to grow … uncontrollably. These changes involve DNA mutations in the genome. Our cells are constantly finding and fixing mutations …
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Several regulations and policies stipulate the information that must be given to research participants prior to their enrolling in a study.
… intervention or interaction with the individual, and uses, studies, or analyzes the information or biospecimens; or   Obtains, uses, studies, analyzes, or generates identifiable private …
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NIH researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced.
… Development, senior investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Center for Precision Health … copy of over 200 protein-coding genes to that person’s genome, which causes difficulties with learning, speech and … standard for Down syndrome research, used in preclinical studies for nearly 30 years. Along with some successful …