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Type 2 diabetes is a disease that affects ten percent of the world's population, but the genetics underlying the disease remain poorly understood.
… investigation of the underlying genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes has unveiled the most detailed look at the genetic …
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In a new large-scale genetic analysis, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have found set of small RNA molecules, called microRNAs, in human pancreatic cells that are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes.
… NIH study identifies new molecules involved in diabetes. … In a new large-scale genetic analysis, scientists … human pancreatic cells that are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes. Researchers discovered the microRNAs in groups of …
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Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene.
… Ph.D. … Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene. … National … researchers have reported the largest genomic study of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in sub-Saharan Africans, with data from more …
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NIH researchers demonstrated that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1.
… the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 (NPC1). The gene therapy involved inserting a … with a faulty NPC1 gene to model Niemann-Pick disease, type C1. The researchers' goal was to correct the faulty NPC1 … therapy shows promise for treating Niemann-Pick disease type C1 … NIH researchers demonstrated that gene therapy may …
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NIH-funded researchers completed the PanCancer Atlas from over 10,000 tumors representing 33 types of cancer.
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NIH researchers have identified a striking signature in tumor DNA that occurs in five different types of cancer.
… as some intermediate and early tumors, depending on the type. Dr. Elnitski's group will also collaborate with … over the course of treatment and to determine if this type of analysis leads to improved detection of a recurrence … Current blood tests are specific to a known tumor type. In other words, clinicians must first find the tumor, …
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Dr. Michael Erdos is an Associate Investigator in the Molecular Genetics Section of the Center for Precision Health Research.
… the impact and functional basis of risk variants for type 2 diabetes (T2D). That information can both provide predictive …
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Dr. Francis Collins was a senior investigator in Center for Precision Health Research.
… endocrine cancer syndrome, and most recently, genes for type 2 diabetes, and the gene that causes Hutchinson-Gilford …
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NIH grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, manage heart disease and guide cancer clinicians to the most effective drugs.
… aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, keep heart disease patients out of hospitals and … mistaken for the more common types of diabetes, such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes. These patients often receive inadequate …
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Dr. Adebowale Adeyemo is an associate investigator and deputy director of NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… disorders, in particular hypertension, obesity and diabetes, are non-communicable conditions of major public … studies. Recently, he led the genome wide analysis for type 2 diabetes in the Africa America Diabetes Mellitus (AADM) …