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Dr. Francis Collins was a senior investigator in Center for Precision Health Research.
… genes for type 2 diabetes, and the gene that causes Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a rare condition that causes premature …
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Dr. Michael Erdos is an Associate Investigator in the Molecular Genetics Section of the Center for Precision Health Research.
… therapeutics for the rare premature-aging disease, Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS). Two of those treatment strategies …
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Dr. Leslie Biesecker is a clinical and molecular geneticist in and the chief of NHGRI's Center for Precision Health Research.
… natural history of numerous diseases, including Proteus syndrome, PIK3CA-related overgrowth syndrome, TARP syndrome, oculofaciocardiodental syndrome, Lenz …
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Diana Bianchi is an adjunct investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… commitment to developing prenatal treatments for Down syndrome. They hypothesize that giving safe and efficacious … chromosomes, and fetuses with trisomies 21 or 18, Turner syndrome (45, X), Fragile X, twin to twin transfusion syndrome, and myelomeningocele. We have also explored the …
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William J. Pavan, Ph.D. is the chief of NHGRI's Genetic Disease Research Branch.
… factor SOX10 , which is associated with Waardenburg Syndrome IV and with human melanoma, and also identified the … disease and melanocyte deficiencies of Waardenburg (WS) syndrome. Subsequently, germline SOX10 mutations were … modeling the genetic variation of Waardenburg-Shah (WS4) syndrome. Genome Res , 9(3): 215-225. 1999. [ PubMed ] …
News Release
ASHG members selected Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D., a clinical and molecular geneticist and investigator with NHGRI, as their new president-elect for 2019.
… of development and overgrowth such as Pallister-Hall syndrome, McKusick-Kaufman syndrome and Proteus syndrome. He initiated ClinSeq® , a large-scale medical …
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Dr. Merideth is a staff clinician in the Office of the Clinical Director and program director for both the NHGRI Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship and
NHGRI Clinical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship.
… Merideth helped conduct the first Natural History Study in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), developing outcome parameters which …
The Genomics Landscape
In the March 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly appointed Dr. Chris Gunter's role as Senior Advisor for Genomics Engagement as well as the 30 oral histories to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… DATA Scholars Program, DSI-Africa, ClinGen, Long QT Syndrome … In the March 2020 edition of The Genomics …
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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.
… (RA); systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren’s syndrome, major histocompatibility complex (MHC), biological …
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Dr. Introne is a pediatrician, clinical and biochemical geneticist in the Medical Genetics Branch in NHGRI.
… RO Cannon, WA Gahl, Introne WJ . Phenotype and course of Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome . N Engl J Med 358:592-604, 2008. …