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H3Africa Consortium Array Will Bring Leading-Edge Genomics Tool to Address African Genomic Diversity
Illumina will be developing a GWAS array based on data from the Human Heredity and Health in Africa Initiative.
… This extraordinary effort has been driven by the H3Africa Genome Analysis Working Group, of which Center for Research … … H3Africa Consortium, African genomic diversity, Genome-wide Assocation Studies, GWAS, H3AFrica … Illumina will be developing a GWAS …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is transforming how we study, diagnose and treat cancer.
… genomes have changed? Cancer is caused by changes in your genome, but advances in DNA sequencing technology are leading … group of genetic diseases that result from changes in the genome of cells in the body, leading them to grow … uncontrollably. These changes involve DNA mutations in the genome. Our cells are constantly finding and fixing mutations …
Clinical Research
The goal of this study is to learn more about the genetic contributions to the severity of disease of COVID-19.
… new participants at this time. For other COVID-19 related studies at the National Institutes of Health, visit: … trainees, and guest researchers may join in NIH studies if they wish to do so. You should not feel compelled … Policy for NIH Employees Participating in Medical Research Studies … Who can join? … What is involved? … For NIH …
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NHGRI researchers have identified new genes associated with the Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and some possible new therapies.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) researchers have identified …
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Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 … results for many of the variants which other research studies have already implicated in T2D in mostly European … populations. The work was funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Institute of …
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Two grants will support studies on genomic literacy among Africans relating to research conducted in Africa by African investigators.
… … Two grants totaling more than $300,000 will support studies on genomic literacy among Africans as it relates to … in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. "We hope that … Additional information about NHGRI can be found at www.genome.gov . The NIH Common Fund encourages collaboration and …
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The Social Genomics Project aims to understand what people around the world think about the intersections between genomics, genetics and society.
… have encountered opportunities to participate in research studies through your healthcare provider, patient advocacy … . Today, researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) are harnessing the power of … the Social Genomics Project. "Now we are trying to get a wide representation of people, and social media can help us …
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By considering mixed genetic lineages, NHGRI researchers demonstrated that previously inferred links between a genomic variant that helps digest lactose and traits such as a person’s height and cholesterol level may not be valid.
… mixed genetic lineages, researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … as admixture. As such, the results from previous genome-wide association studies that do not account for admixture in …
Clinical Research
A study with the goal of finding the genetic cause of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and several novel and undiagnosed causes of autoinflammatory disease.
… with an autoinflammatory syndrome, or if there are other studies that may be more beneficial to the patient. … …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, the 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards and more.
… up to the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. Check out the latest oral … Genome to Phenotype: Genomic Variation Identification, Association, and Function in Human Health and Disease ." In … understand the interplay of the two. By developing genome-wide approaches and resources, the IGVF Consortium aims to …