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Dr. Hanchard talks about his journey into genetics research, his collaborations with international researchers, and the importance of determination in science.
… work. “We are trying to lay the groundwork that having diversity in genomics is useful as we push medicine and … finished his Ph.D. During his Ph.D., Dr. Hanchard studied genomic variation and complex traits. He also completed a … of individuals across Africa, we found millions of novel genomic variants that had not yet been reported,” he says. …
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NIH-led study finds genetic markers that explain up to 12% of the differences between two people’s blood pressure.
… over 100 new regions of the human genome, also known as genomic loci , that appear to influence a person’s blood … Results of the study also point to several specific genomic loci that may be relevant to iron metabolism and a … published in Nature Genetics , is one of the largest such genomic studies of blood pressure to date, including data …
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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.
… and zebrafish are visually quite different, but at a genomic level, they share more than 70% of their genes. This genomic similarity offers the potential for researchers to … would like to unravel.” Using a combination of genomic techniques and computational-based machine learning, …
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Genomicists and clinicians are beginning to offer patients genetic testing for a list of treatable diseases apart from the one that brought them into the clinic.
… Genomicists and clinicians are beginning to offer patients genomic testing for a list of treatable diseases apart from … also asked him if he would want to know if they found any genomic variants that could affect him or his family. Bryant … study, as the researchers had told him that these types of genomic results take time. In 2018, he received a voicemail …
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Genomic variants that increase risk of kidney disease are found in nearly one-third of West Africans
A study from researchers at National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators revealed a significant genetic risk factor for kidney disease in people of West African ancestry.
… Research Network. Previous research established that genomic variants in APOL1 increase the risk of developing … Americans. However, not much is known about how these genomic variants affect people from West African countries, … be true for all humankind, but there is often substantial diversity even within specific ancestry or ethnic groups,” …
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Researchers explored patients', parents' and physicians' perspectives on the use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing to reverse sickle cell disease.
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NHGRI researchers have discovered that Mediterranean populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease because of evolutionary pressure to survive the bubonic plague.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … Genomic variants that cause common periodic fever have spread … National Institutes of Health, determined that specific genomic variants that cause a disease called familial … that because of this potential advantage, FMF-causing genomic variants have been positively selected for in …
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On October 25-29, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will participate in the ASHG Annual Meeting - the world's largest human genetics and genomics meeting and exposition.
… assessment of adult participants in a population-based genomic screening program Board No. PB2180 Karen Wain … and Health Services Research Return of secondary genomic findings: Experiences of sickle cell disease research … Hall 3:00 p.m. — 4:45 p.m. Omics Technologies Population diversity and selection if recent gene populations detected …
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Dr. Andy Baxevanis has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
… approaches to study the molecular innovations driving diversity in early animal evolution. "Being named an AAAS … the molecular innovations that drove the surge of diversity in early animal evolution. His research focuses …
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Researchers have now identified and catalogued more species - nearly 200 new bacteria and thousands of viruses - that reside on the human skin than has ever been possible, largely due to advances in bioinformatics and laboratory techniques.
… study these microbes is to take skin samples and perform genomic analyses to identify which microorganisms make up the … than a human. But in any given skin sample, it’s as if genomic pieces of each microbe are thrown in with hundreds of … a 26% increase in the knowledge of skin bacterial diversity. The researchers recognized that some of the most …