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Educational Resources
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) is an approach used in genetics research to associate specific genetic variations with particular diseases.
… Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) … A genome-wide association study (GWAS) is an …
Fact Sheets
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 …
News Release
Researchers have conducted the first study to look at the genomic underpinnings of obesity in continental Africans and African Americans.
… clusters in families. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … and globally. This is the first study to use a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) to investigate the genomic basis of …
News Release
NIH will fund researchers to develop computational approaches to figure out which differences in DNA make people more susceptible to disease.
… genetic variants - in the less-studied regions of the genome that are responsible for regulating gene activity. A … with a disease, researchers typically conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS), which compares the genomes of …
Educational Resources
Personalized medicine is an emerging practice of medicine that uses an individual's genetic profile to guide decisions made in regard to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.
… prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. … Human Genome Project, Genetic Counseling, Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS), Pedigree, Pharmacogenomics, …
News Release
Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.
… in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which helps administer the … For the last decade, scientists have used genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to study the role that genomic …
Clinical Research
The INSIGHTS study is exploring sickle cell disease in adults.
… are investigating the disease as a whole and studying the wide range of complications that sickle cell patients … in helping researchers understand how your environment and genome may impact your sickle cell disease? Are you … About Sickle Cell Disease Sickle Cell Trait National Human Genome Research Institute - Learning about Sickle Cell …
Clinical Research
This study evaluates patients with inherited metabolic disorders and related medical complications.
… acid levels, and for genetic tests and basic research studies. In some patients, a blood test to measure growth … director Charles P. Venditti, M.D., Ph.D. Organic Acidemia Association A volunteer non-profit organization whose mission …
Talking Glossary
Un estudio de asociación de genoma completo (GWAS por sus siglas en inglés) es un enfoque utilizado en la investigación genética para asociar variaciones genéticas especÃficas con ciertas enfermedades.
… genéticas especÃficas con ciertas enfermedades. … A genome-wide association study (abbreviated GWAS) is a research approach …
Clinical Research
A study where both genotypic (individual genetics) and phenotypic (individual disease characteristics) patient data would be analyzed using advanced data-analytics programs to derive meaningful associations for the development of prevention, management and treatment strategies.
… be collected for in-depth testing: Whole exome or whole genome sequencing, RNA sequencing on blood precursors, a SNP …