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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.
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NHGRI researchers found that a protein in the immune system is particularly adaptable to mutations.
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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 both groups of samples. They also used population genetics principles and mathematical modeling to predict how …
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Using a recently developed DNA base-editing technique, researchers correct accelerating aging disorder.
… investigator in NHGRI's Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, NIH director and a corresponding author on …
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NHGRI researchers, collaborators at the University of California (UC) San Diego, UC Davis and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine lay out a new framework for comparing dog-to-human aging, one that uses epigenetics as a biological marker to better understand the aging process.
… in humans. This makes dogs invaluable for studying the genetics of aging across mammals, including humans," said … in humans. This makes dogs invaluable for studying the genetics of aging across mammals, including humans. Dr. …
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Using a virtual reality buffet, researchers studied the hundreds of small decisions mothers make while selecting food for their children.
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Researchers from NHGRI and the Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP) have discovered a new neurological condition characterized by issues with motor coordination and speech.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment for progeria, a rare and fatal pediatric disease, characterized by dramatic, rapid aging beginning in childhood.
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NIH researchers have identified a gene that makes yeast resistant to a lethal toxin.
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Dr. Andy Baxevanis has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.