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The Democratizing Education for Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy project developed patient-focused educational materials for the sickle cell community.
… The Big Picture Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder caused by a change in the … (FDA) approved two gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease. More than 50 scientists, physicians, patients and … content for the Democratizing Education for Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy Project, which is led by NHGRI in …
Staff
Lindsey Criswell, who became the director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in February, 2021 is also an associate investigator in NHGRI's Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… on the genetics and epidemiology of human autoimmune disease, particularly rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus … … Biography … Genomics of Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Section Staff … Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., M.P.H., … Disease Genomics Branch. … Lindsey Criswell, genetic risk factors, autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA); …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have released new educational materials to help the sickle cell disease community learn about gene therapies for the disease.
… emerging developments in gene therapies for sickle cell disease. … New educational materials to help the sickle cell disease community learn about gene therapies for the disease are now available from researchers at the National …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… definitively associated with the most common form of the disease. The panel’s results were published in the journal  … for Emerging Centers in Fiscal Year 2020. …   Rare Disease Day is a worldwide observance that aims to raise … Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have successfully used facial recognition software to diagnose a rare, genetic disease in known as DiGeorge syndrome.
… facial recognition software to diagnose a rare, genetic disease in Africans, Asians and Latin Americans. … The disease, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome , also known as DiGeorge … from 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 6,000 children. Because the disease results in multiple defects throughout the body, …
Event
On June 17-18, 2021, NHGRI hosts a workshop, Multi-Omics in Health and Disease: Current Applications, Challenges and Future Directions.
… the Stage - Application of multi-omics to study health and disease Moderator: Judy Cho, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. … 1: Multi-omics Integration to Understand Health and Disease Nancy Cox, Vanderbilt University 2:15 - 2:45 p.m. … NHGRI 1:10 - 1:25 p.m. Presentation 1: Using Polygenic Risk Scores Combined With Multi-omics Data to Provide …
Event
On December 12-13, 2024, NHGRI and NIAID co-sponsored the 16th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XVI: Host Genomics and Infectious Disease, in Bethesda MD.
… Genomic Medicine meeting, Host Genomics and Infectious Disease: Opportunities for Implementing Genomic Medicine , in … Ave … Genomic Medicine XVI: Host Genomics and Infectious Disease … On December 12-13, 2024, NHGRI and NIAID … Genomic Medicine XVI: Host Genomics and Infectious Disease, in Bethesda MD. … On December 12-13, 2024, NHGRI and …
News Release
UDN expands the footprint of the network with a new metabolomics core and increased model organism capabilities.
… to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease. About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the 10th anniversary of the Undiagnosed Diseases Program.
… to direct the program today. With the goal of improving disease management for individual patients and advancing … basic researchers to identify the underlying mechanisms of disease. Training clinicians in the use of contemporary … New Evidence that Viruses May Play a Role in Alzheimer's Disease Novel Drug Therapy Partially Restores Hearing in Mice …
News Release
Researchers from NHGRI and the Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP) have discovered a new neurological condition characterized by issues with motor coordination and speech.
… New disease could provide insights into how the cell’s recycling … in which researchers identified a genetic neurological disease among Lagotto Romagnolo dogs, an Italian breed known … scientists had yet to connect ATG4D to any neurological disease in humans. “Among genetic diseases, we’ve solved many …