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Using a virtual reality buffet, researchers studied the hundreds of small decisions mothers make while selecting food for their children.
… to make healthier choices. The findings, by National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) researchers, were published … approach to assess research participant behavior in future studies using the VR buffet. "We hope that this work will …
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A study where both genotypic (individual genetics) and phenotypic (individual disease characteristics) patient data would be analyzed using advanced data-analytics programs to derive meaningful associations for the development of prevention, management and treatment strategies.
… be collected for in-depth testing: Whole exome or whole genome sequencing, RNA sequencing on blood precursors, a SNP …
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A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results.
… A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional … The current standard "best practice" in some clinical genome sequencing laboratories requires positive NGS findings … more accurate than newer methods." In addition, several studies in recent years have suggested that NGS can identify …
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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 … National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) exhibit, Genome: Unlocking Life's Code, played a role in participant …
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Diverse populations are still underrepresented in public genomic databases, according to a new study by researchers from the NIH and Harvard Medical School.
… in Genomic Databases They found significantly fewer studies of African, Latin American and Asian ancestral … to European populations in two public databases, the Genome-Wide Association Study Catalog (GWAS) and the database of … Vence Bonham, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, SBRB, GWAS catalog, dbGAP …
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The largest genomic study on type 2 diabetes in Africans to date has recently been published in Nature Communications and reports the most recent findings of the ongoing Africa America Diabetes Mellitus (AADM) study that has been led by Dr. Charles Rotimi for over two decades.
… of studying diverse populations. By conducting functional studies of this locus in zebrafish and mice, researchers …
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National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish through cell regeneration. The study may inform the development of treatments for hearing loss in humans.
… Burgess, Ph.D., senior investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) Translational and … had to look at the enhancer sequences within the zebrafish genome.  If transcription factors are thought of as the keys … The study, led by investigators at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), may inform the development …
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Researchers sequence the genomes of healthy participants, then analyze the data to find presumed, mutations that might lead to a genetic condition.
… Metabolic Genetics Branch (MGMGB) at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and corresponding author of … and bioinformatic challenges facing individualized genome sequencing in a clinical research setting. Once they … you can dramatically improve your predictions based on genome sequence information." NHGRI Director Eric Green, …
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In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease.
… The authors include researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … the need to include as many diverse groups of people in studies as possible. Credit: Harry Wedel, NHGRI.  Lipids are … researchers accumulated data from 201 previous genome-wide association studies, including about 1.65 million …
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NHGRI researchers seek help from people with Sickle Cell Disease to find the factors - environmental, social and genetic - that impact the severity of symptoms.
… Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) are seeking help from … fungi and viruses living in and on all humans), the genome (all the genes in a person), and the social and … 301-451-3997; SCDlegulcerstudy@mail.nih.gov or go to www.genome.gov/INSIGHTS To participate in Dr. Koehly's Sickle …