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A 2018 workshop led by Alaska Native people provides a path towards collaborative, community-driven genomics research.
… Alaska Native populations to be wary of sharing their genetic data with researchers and the federal government. … and engaging. "We understand the tremendous potential of genetic research," Karen Caindec, a member of Southcentral … said. "For a tribal community, maintaining control of our genetic information is critical. It is not just the genetics …
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In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease.
… the health of all people,” says Cashell Jaquish, Ph.D., a genetic epidemiologist and program officer within the … of Health. … Sarah E. Graham et al. The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of …
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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a new precision health research program within its Division of Intramural Research.
… optimistic expectations in terms of discoveries about the genetic basis of health and disease,” said NHGRI Director …
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Researchers explored patients', parents' and physicians' perspectives on the use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing to reverse sickle cell disease.
… the success of clinical trials and implementation of new genetic curative therapies, into clinical treatment," said …
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Researchers from the NIH-funded Human Pangenome Reference Consortium will answer questions about a set of papers to be published in the Nature Portfolio journals and Genome Research. The papers and the briefing are under embargo until May 10, 2023, at 11 a.m. E.T.
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NIH researchers and their colleagues identified multidrug-resistant pathogens on the skin of residents in nursing homes. They found that these potentially dangerous microbes spread widely among residents, indicating a need for improved testing and infection control measures to protect people in nursing homes and other vulnerable populations.
… spread between individuals by analyzing the unique genetic makeup of each strain. If two individuals have …
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NHGRI researchers found that a protein in the immune system is particularly adaptable to mutations.
… which makes the immune system a very interesting genetic space.” The researchers zoomed in on a protein called … which makes the immune system a very interesting genetic space. To test which parts of the protein may be most …
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NIH researchers have developed a breath test that measures how well patients with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) respond to receiving liver or combined liver and kidney transplantation.
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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.
… in Mediterranean populations. For this, they performed genetic analysis on a large cohort of 2,313 Turkish …
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Daniel Kastner was named Federal Employee of the Year as part of the 2018 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals program.
… technologies, application of new treatments for rare genetic diseases, and promotion of research collaborations. … causes in Familial Mediterranean fever and discovering the genetic basis for a recurrent fever syndrome named TNF …