Search Results
Facet (Page)
Refine Your Search
Audiences
Sections
Video
Fact Sheet
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is an essential molecule that performs many roles in the cell, from carrying the instructions to make proteins to regulating genes.
… proteins piece-by-piece. Across all life, from humans to bacteria, ribosomes are highly abundant. On average, each …
Fact Sheet
Viruses are bundles of genetic material wrapped in a protein coat that can infect living things.
… a host cell (such as humans, other animals, plants or bacteria), hijacking the host's biological machinery and … the first viral genome — phi X174, a virus that attacks bacteria .   But much progress has been made since then. …
News Release
Three research teams funded by NIH gather data at the most basic molecular levels about the biological processes that make up the human microbiome.
… detected the presence of more than 10,000 species of bacteria living on or within human beings and aiding their … the array of common functions of bacterial genes, if the bacteria are healthy, each individual's particular suite of …
For Patients and Families
Neglected diseases are conditions that inflict severe health burdens on the world's poorest people.
… and Asia. Other neglected tropical diseases are caused by bacteria. Examples of bacterial diseases include: Buruli … at high risk of contamination. For some diseases caused by bacteria, an effective precaution may be to boil water used …
Fact Sheets
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a technique used to "amplify" small segments of DNA.
… techniques, including DNA fingerprinting, detection of bacteria or viruses (particularly AIDS), and diagnosis of …
News Release
NHGRI hosted a CRISPR "Ask Me Anything" with Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., reaching 10.5 million people worldwide.
… never seen. This would include GeoCas9 from a thermophilic bacteria. Another work-around includes using ex vivo editing, … are in basic research, as well as applications in plants, bacteria, and non-human animals. Further, a major focus of …
News Release
On its 15th anniversary, National DNA Day and NHGRI shared its genomics expertise to explain the importance of genomics in our everyday lives.
… but microscopic). Maybe also the plague bacterium. Then bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Among these beasts you … cuddly by comparison. As for "come across," many of these bacteria remain around us, held at bay (when they are) by …
News Release
NHGRI researcher Dr. Julie Segre has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
… healthcare-associated outbreaks of multi-drug resistant bacteria. Dr. Segre published foundational studies defining …
Media Advisory
The NIH-funded Integrative Human Microbiome Project presented at the International Human Microbiome Congress.
… - and preventing - the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the gut. On the meeting's last day, a panel will …
Staff
Dr. Julie Segre is chief and a senior investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
​
… the full genetic diversity of human-associated microbiota (bacteria, fungi, viruses) which contribute to both health and … our skin and covering all epithelial surfaces. Pathogenic bacteria flourish and compete within a larger symbiotic … they are assessing the function of skin-associated bacteria in priming the immune system and driving AD with …