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Three practical strategies for reducing the risk of re-identification, the process by which anonymized personal genomic data are matched with the owner.
… compares three practical strategies for reducing the risk of re-identification - the process by which anonymized … protections … Three practical strategies for reducing the risk of re-identification, the process by which anonymized … chromosomes … Three practical strategies for reducing the risk of re-identification, the process by which anonymized …
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On May 1–2, 2018, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored this NHGRI workshop in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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A new study highlights how genomic mutations that cause mitochondrial disease may also compromise affected people's immune response.
… highlights how genomic mutations that cause mitochondrial disease may also compromise affected people's immune … … Based on clinical data from patients with mitochondrial disease, the researchers created a mouse model of … immune response. The mutations resulted in an increased risk of infection and reduced protective immunity after …
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Final outcomes from the most comprehensive analysis to-date of humans and their microbiomes definitively link microbes and microbial activities with health problems.
… yet know if a change in a microbial community leads to a disease or if a microbial community changes in response to the development of a disease. Researchers don’t yet know if a change in a … the vaginal microbiomes of pregnant women to gauge their risk for preterm birth, with a particular focus on …
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TCF1 (for T cell factor-1) is essential for the creation and persistence of disease-fighting antibodies in the bloodstream.
… long-lasting antibodies that will defend the body against disease for years. Now, a team headed by scientists at the … factor-1) is essential for the creation and persistence of disease-fighting antibodies in the bloodstream. TCF1 doesn't … Ph.D., senior investigator and chief of NHGRI's Genetic Disease Research Branch. "If we knock it out in mice, we …
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A new genome-based technology for demystifying undiagnosed illnesses - even rare childhood diseases - is moving into general medical practice.
… These variants may point to the cause of the patient's disease. In an NHGRI-funded study published in the NEJM last … year, exome sequencing identified the genetic cause of disease in about 25 percent of patients. The technique has … in a host of diseases, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, mental disability, other neuropathies, metabolic …
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A new method of targeting specific DNA sequences in zebrafish could accelerate the discovery of gene function and the identification of disease genes in humans.
… the discovery of gene function and the identification of disease genes in humans, according to scientists at the … on analyzing proteins or have been identified as possible disease genes, but the functions of those genes have not been … the discovery of gene function and the identification of disease genes in humans. … Zebrafish, genome function, human …
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NIH will fund researchers to develop computational approaches to figure out which differences in DNA make people more susceptible to disease.
… which differences in DNA make people more susceptible to disease. The awards, which total approximately $11.1 million … … To find which genetic variants are associated with a disease, researchers typically conduct a genome-wide … which compares the genomes of thousands of people with a disease to those without the disease. However, a GWAS can …
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NHGRI has appointed Neil Hanchard, M.D., Ph.D., as a clinical investigator within the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch (MGMGB) in the Division of Intramural Research. Dr. Hanchard will head the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section within the MGMGB.
… Ph.D. … Dr. Hanchard will lead the new Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section. … The National Human Genome … Research. Dr. Hanchard will head the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section within the MGMGB. “We are delighted … and human genetics. As head of the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section, Dr. Hanchard will lead efforts to …
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NHGRI researchers asked patients, parents and physicians in the sickle cell disease community (SCD) what they wanted and needed to know about genome editing to make informed decisions about participating in genome-editing clinical trials.
… asked patients, parents and physicians in the sickle cell disease community what they wanted and needed to know about … of the Bioethics Core at NHGRI. “By talking to sickle cell disease stakeholders ahead of time, we can learn more about … make very a difficult decision.” By talking to sickle cell disease stakeholders ahead of time, we can learn more about …