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In biology, an organ (from the Latin "organum" meaning an instrument or tool) is a collection of tissues that structurally form a functional unit specialized to perform a particular function.
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Questions and answers from the September 26, 2022, Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium Pre-Application Webinar.
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Pharmacogenomics is a growing area of genomic medicine that uses a person’s genomic information to help healthcare providers select the medications and dosages that are predicted to work best in each patient.
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NHGRI researchers recently published a study using virtual reality simulations to investigate how clinicians might use a type of genomic risk information called polygenic risk scores in medical care.
… medical students are more likely to recommend observing kidney function and screening for diabetes in response to the … medical students were more likely to recommend monitoring kidney function when taking over-the-counter medication if …
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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.
… can experience excruciating pain all over their bodies, kidney problems, higher risk of stroke and in rare cases, …
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NIH Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health is participating in the H3Africa Consortium's effort to develop an African-specific genotyping array.
… with these genetic mutations have a higher risk of kidney disease. … "Strides have been made but more research …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch identifies and study genes that contribute to cancer susceptibility and progression.
… that lead, specifically, to fast-growing and aggressive tumors. Formation or production of tumors-tumorigenesis-can result from genomic alterations that … Identifies somatic genomic alterations that drive sporadic tumors using whole-exome and whole-genome sequencing …
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Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
… (Herceptin). This therapy works only for women whose tumors have a particular genetic profile that leads to … ability to develop into every type of tissue (skin, liver, kidney, blood, etc.) found in an adult human. Adult stem …
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Researchers have now identified three health conditions for which people with SCT are at increased risk.
… They include pulmonary embolism , proteinuria and chronic kidney disease . Findings from this first comprehensive … risk for pulmonary embolism, proteinuria and chronic kidney disease. They also found a moderate level of evidence … results. "Our study did find that SCT is a risk factor for kidney disease, but there is insufficient evidence to show …
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Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas have discovered genomic differences in head and neck cancers caused by infection with the human papillomavirus.
… head and neck cancers, noticeably in oropharyngeal tumors, has created an even greater sense of urgency in the … behind the mouth. "We're uncovering differences between tumors with and without HPV infection, and these new data are … the study, researchers performed genomic analyses on 279 tumors - head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) - …