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15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is transforming how we study, diagnose and treat cancer.
… diagnosed with a blood cancer called acute lymphoblastic leukemia (or ALL) in 2003, when he was in his fourth year of … This led him to specialize in treating patients with leukemia, and studying the disease in the laboratory. While … better results by Monday. After a number of weeks, the leukemia cells were no longer detectable in his blood, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes James Thomas as the new director for NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… has been linked to a range of diseases, including leukemia, lymphomas, and other types of cancer, but these …
Educational Resources
Gene therapy is an experimental technique for treating disease by altering the patient's genetic material.
… and sickle cell disease) and acquired disorders (e.g., leukemia) have been treated with gene therapy. … Educational …
Fact Sheets
Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
… (Purinethol) to patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Some people have a genetic variant that interferes … of the treatment options for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia [cancer.gov] is stem cell transplantation therapy. …
Fact Sheets
A biological pathway is a series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain product or a change in the cell.
… designed to treat a blood cancer called chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). CML occurs because of a single genetic glitch …
Fact Sheets
Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells.
… to serious problems. For example, in humans, one type of leukemia and some other cancers are caused by defective …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. details the upcoming appointment of acting NHGRI Deputy Director, Vence Bonham Jr., J.D. and what it means for the institute.
… projects, including positional cloning of a fusion gene in leukemia, the identification of the familial Mediterranean …
About NHGRI
A timeline of notable events in the history of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… world expert in the onset, development and progression of leukemia, Dr. Liu leads the Oncogenesis and Development …