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Dr. Sean Conlan is an associate investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.​
… around the globe. CRE are resistant to most, if not all, antibiotics, with investigations reporting as high as a 40% … common feature of CRE is that genes encoding resistance to antibiotics are carried on mobile DNA sequences called … microbial genomics, human microbiome, DNA sequencing, antibiotics … Dr. Sean Conlan is an associate investigator in …
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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.
… traced the spread of pathogens with resistance to antibiotics and antifungal medicines among nursing home …
News Release
NHGRI participated in a science communications contest called the Three-Minute Talk. NHGRI's Ryan Johnson came away with a first place win.
… the KPC gene normally confers resistance to carbapenem antibiotics. Interestingly, we find that numerous …
News Release
The skin microbiota plays an intricate role in the human immune system, directing many immune functions and defending against bacterial pathogens.
… pressures on the skin biota, such as increased usage of antibiotics, less exposure to environmental microbes in soil …
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Dr. Julie Segre is chief and a senior investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… virulent and has now evolved resistance to all known antibiotics. For the first time, MGS's real-time genomic …
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On its 15th anniversary, National DNA Day and NHGRI shared its genomics expertise to explain the importance of genomics in our everyday lives.
… also the plague bacterium. Then bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Among these beasts you have some of the horseman … up--by failing to vaccinate our children, by overusing antibiotics (and triggering resistance), or by taking clean …
Media Advisory
The NIH-funded Integrative Human Microbiome Project presented at the International Human Microbiome Congress.
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the International Common Disease Alliance's scientific plenary and launch meeting in September, which included an international panel on opportunities emerging outside the U.S., North America, and Europe; discussions about polygenic risk scores; and an overview about data platforms, data sharing, and ethics.
News Release
SJS/TEN is a severe drug reactions that affect the skin, and one of the most severe of adverse reactions affecting any system in the body
… medications, such as drugs for seizures, gout or sulfa antibiotics. The reaction likely occurs because a person …
Clinical Research
This study evaluates patients with inherited metabolic disorders and related medical complications.
… who is being treated for an intercurrent infection with antibiotics or has evidence of an acute infection; and any …