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The Gene Sweepstakes — or GeneSweep as it became popularly known — was a three-year-long, sweepstakes-style contest organized by British bioinformatician Ewan Birney, Ph.D., of the European Bioinformatics Institute. Scientists participated in the contest by betting on the total number of protein-coding genes that would be identified in the human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project.
… Collins, M.D., Ph.D. included a section dedicated to the “Gene Sweepstake,” pointing out that the basis of GeneSweep … was scientifically unclear — that is, what exactly is a gene? At a basic level, a gene is considered to be a region of the genome that codes …
Staff
Dr. Randy Chandler is an associate investigator in the Organic Acid Research Section of the Metabolic Medicine Branch in NHGRI.
… research focused on adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy for the treatment of hemophilia A, a genetically … Dr. Chandler’s research has focused on the efficacy of gene therapy as a treatment for rare genetic disorders, such …
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic Medicine Branch houses clinical and laboratory research programs that focus on the development of new therapies for patients with genetic disorders.
… Our investigators and their research teams develop gene addition therapy and gene editing approaches to treat metabolic disorders, study …
News Release
NIH will award $38.5 million over five years to the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) project, which aims to build a widely available resource of human developmental gene expression in a multitude of tissues for use in basic and clinical research.
… Zisk … The project will increase our understanding of how gene expression is regulated over time. … Eleven years ago, … of high-quality tissue samples and information on gene expression — important resources that scientists needed … It also established a resource for researchers to explore gene expression in many different tissues to understand the …
News Release
NIH will renew three awards totaling $73.2 million over five years to continue building the Clinical Genome (ClinGen) resource, an effort to collect and archive information about clinically relevant genes and genomic variants for use in precision medicine.
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green provides an update on the final stage of the Genomics2020 strategic planning process; the NIH website for COVID-19 information, the Gene documentary debut on PBS and more.
… below, the two-part documentary, “Ken Burns Presents The Gene: An Intimate History ,” will debut on PBS stations on … with the new PBS documentary, “Ken Burns Presents The Gene: An Intimate History ,” based on the book by Siddhartha … begins Genomic study points to natural origin of COVID-19 Gene mutation enhances cognitive flexibility in mice, NIH …
News Release
The zebrafish is a powerhouse tool that helps researchers better understand the genes that are implicated in disease.
… of NHGRI's Zebrafish Core. "They can request any single gene or multiple genes in a pathway they want knocked out," … These findings can be specific mutations that cause the gene to lose its normal function, lead to alternate functions … on or off. The next question to ask is: Does the same gene when knocked out in fish mimic the disease in humans? By …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch identifies and study genes that contribute to cancer susceptibility and progression.
… with both population scientists and clinicians to define gene profiles that offer predictability in terms of cancer …
News Release
NIH programs are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling use in medicine and research.
… which is a lack of evidence about the relationship between gene variants and diseases. A special issue of Human Mutation … to develop standard processes for reviewing data about gene variants and their connections to health and disease. … for disease diagnosis and treatment. Information on the gene variants is stored in ClinVar, which is funded and …
Research at NHGRI
The Genetic Disease Research Branch studies how genetic changes affect the structure and function of gene products leading to human disease.
… which genetic changes affect the structure and function of gene products leading to human disease. … A major focus of … how genetic changes affect the structure and function of gene products leading to human disease. … The Genetic Disease … how genetic changes affect the structure and function of gene products leading to human disease. … Research at NHGRI …