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NIH researchers have identified a gene that makes yeast resistant to a lethal toxin.
… level.” The researchers then attached a glowing protein to the KTD1 protein to track its position in the yeast cells. They found that the KTD1 protein resides on the surface of cellular compartments …
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Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers used state-of-the-art genomic sequencers to quickly sequence the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
… edge bioinformatics approaches, they selected the spike protein gene as their vaccine candidate. The spike protein is essential for the virus to attach to the host … a new versions of the vaccine. … … The target spike protein gene is then synthetically manufactured and inserted …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green describes the evolution of the NHGRI Intramural Research program over the last three decades talks about its future in conducting truly exceptional basic, translational, and clinical genomics research.
Clinical Research
FAQs for Autoinflammatory Diseases Study providers and researchers.
Event
The Advances in Genomic Technology Development (AGTD) 2023 Annual Meeting was hosted by the Technology Development Coordinating Center (TDCC) in-person and virtually from Tuesday, June 6, until Thursday, June 8, at The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, CA.
… NHGRI Stephanie Morris, Ph.D. NHGRI Genome Technologies: Protein-DNA Interactions Session Moderators: Michal … Gene Yeo, Ph.D., MBA University of California, San Diego 9:00 a.m. Single-cell and single-molecule profiling of … by MACHA Sebastian Pott, Ph.D. The University of Chicago 9:15 a.m. Mapping protein-DNA interactions on single …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, recaps the April 2023 virtual reunion of the leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers (G5), where they tell the untold story on how they ushered the Human Genome Project across the finish line in 2003.
… variants located in regulatory sequences, rather than protein-coding sequences, that are found in patients with … at the entire genome, not just the parts that code for protein, when searching for the cause of a highly heritable …
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Currently, there are different gene therapy approaches available through clinical trials.
… cell disease Your red blood cells contain hemoglobin , a protein that carries oxygen. Red blood cells need hemoglobin … After birth, a gene that codes for a blocking protein (BCL11A) is turned on. BCL11A blocks the production …
Educational Resources
Step-by-step instructions and printable folding paper included in the downloadable document.
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the NHGRI Intramural Research Program as well as announces the launch of a new digital history archive.
… XV: Genomics and population screening — November 8-9 Jeffrey M. Trent Lectureship in Cancer Research series: …
Fact Sheets
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that contains the biological instructions that make each species unique.
… Each DNA sequence that contains instructions to make a protein is known as a gene. The size of a gene may vary … are involved in regulating when, how and how much of a protein is made. … DNA's instructions are used to make … blocks of proteins. This language tells the cell's protein-making machinery the precise order in which to link …