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Researchers build a statistical model using family health history to improve disease risk assessment
Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) have developed a new statistical model that can predict the risk for developing diseases by combining information about family member health and lifestyle factors from family members.
… developed a new statistical model that can predict the risk for developing diseases by combining information from … to assess which conditions with a genetic component pose a risk to your health and require further testing. The … history is one of the most powerful predictors of the risk a person carries for forming type 2 diabetes,” says Dr. …
Research Funding
A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
… genome sequencing effort to comprehensively identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common … large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common … phenotypes. … Genome Sequence, Gene Variants, Genetic Risk, Common Disease, Rare Disease, Dna Sequencing, Dna …
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Six new grants will support researchers for new computational approaches to search millions of genomic variants for disease susceptibility.
… genomic regions containing variants that affect disease risk. Although GWAS may find hundreds of variants that appear … genes and variants actually are involved in raising the risk," said Lisa Brooks, Ph.D., program director of the NHGRI … Most variants, including many that contribute to disease risk, response to drugs, and traits such as height, are in …
Research at NHGRI
Families Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) helps you and your family learn how your family health history affects your risk for diseases.
… 2 Diabetes Heart Disease How to Use the Families SHARE Risk Algorithm … Families SHARE Workbook: English Families … Creole … Below are links to the Families SHARE disease risk worksheets. The worksheets will help you work out family members’ risk for these diseases based on their family health history. …
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NHGRI researchers have developed the Families Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) workbook, which helps people use their family history to assess their risk for heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colorectal cancer.
… have developed the Families Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) workbook, which helps people use their family history to assess their risk for heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer and … using the Families SHARE workbook to assess their disease risk . Credit: Harry Wedel, NHGRI. Through the Families …
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NIH researchers have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy.
… a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy. They conducted research on … a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy. … Gene therapy, gene … a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy. … News Release …
For Patients and Families
Genetic professionals provide information and support to individuals or families who have genetic disorders or may be at risk for inherited conditions.
… or families who have genetic disorders or may be at risk for inherited conditions. … Genetics professionals are … or families who have genetic disorders or may be at risk for inherited conditions. Genetic professionals: Assess the risk of a genetic disorder by researching a family's history, …
Talking Glossary
A cancer-susceptibility gene is a gene that, when changed (or mutated), gives an individual an increased risk for developing cancer
… changed (or mutated), gives an individual an increased risk for developing cancer … A cancer-susceptibility gene is … changed (or mutated), gives an individual an increased risk for developing cancer. Individuals who have inherited … in certain cancer-susceptibility genes have a lifetime risk of cancer that is significantly higher than the general …
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Artificial intelligence tools help scientists decode genomic disorders and communicate genomic risks
NHGRI researchers are increasingly using artificial intelligence tools to answer compelling questions in genomics, such as predicting rare genetic disorders and their severity, and to understand how genomic information influences decision-making.
… their children after learning about their child’s genomic risk for health conditions. Using immersive virtual reality … and clinicians to improve how we communicate genomic risk to individuals. To examine this dynamic, the researchers … and clinicians to improve how we communicate genomic risk to individuals," says Dr. Persky. … Already, these …
For Patients and Families
Genetic tests may be used to identify increased risks of health problems, to choose treatments, or to assess responses to treatments.
… individuals Identify gene changes that may increase the risk to develop a disease Identify gene changes that could be … of these tests provide you with information about your risk of developing a specific disease. Such information may … or who belong to certain ethnic groups that have a higher risk of specific inherited diseases. Prenatal testing is …