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Heather Colley is a program director in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute. ​
… Ms. Colley is a program director in the Division of Genomic Medicine, … Program, NHGRI GWAS Catalog, and the NIH Common Fund Undiagnosed Diseases Network. Her research interests include increasing …
News Release
NIH researchers have identified and tested a molecule that shows promise as a possible treatment for Gaucher disease and Parkinson's disease.
… could be widely available to treat people with these diseases. However, there's a long distance between … understand the connection between Gaucher and Parkinson's diseases, NHGRI researchers used a labor-intensive technology … to understand, diagnose and treat genomic and genetic diseases. Additional information about NHGRI can be found at: …
News Release
NHGRI researchers are studying the link between Parkinson's disease, and a rare disorder, Gaucher disease, by cross-breeding mice with the disease mutations.
… mice to carry human mutations causing each of the two diseases. They published their findings in the December 2017 … Issue 4, 198-208, December 2017. … A Puzzling Link Between Diseases … Related Content … Mouse model for rare genetic …
Genetic Disorders
Huntington's disease is an inherited neurological illness causing involuntary movements, severe emotional disturbance and cognitive decline.
Research Funding
A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
… phenotypes. … The CCDG initiative explores a range of diseases with the goal of: Undertaking variant discovery for … genomic architecture underlying common, complex inherited diseases. Understand how best to design rare variant studies … Institute (NHLBI) Trans-omics for Precision Medicine program . The centers also receive co-funding from NHLBI. We …
News Release
Six new grants will support researchers for new computational approaches to search millions of genomic variants for disease susceptibility.
… (GWAS) to find regions of the genome associated with diseases and traits. In GWAS, the genomes of thousands of … involved in raising the risk," said Lisa Brooks, Ph.D., program director of the NHGRI Genetic Variation Program. "We … Ph.D. To understand the DNA drivers of common human diseases (using immune diseases as test cases), the …
Genetic Disorders
Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal genetic disorder that results in progressive destruction of the nervous system.
News Release
Daniel Kastner was named Federal Employee of the Year as part of the 2018 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals program.
… of the 2018 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals program, known as the "Sammies." Each year, the Sammies pay … causes of multiple rare and debilitating autoinflammatory diseases and identifying and treating previously undiagnosed illnesses, efforts that have alleviated the …
Genetic Disorders
Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cells disorders.
News Release
NHGRI researchers investigated the Behcet's disease using Illumina's Immunochip.
… in DNA that correlate with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. They found novel DNA changes that are correlated … Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Last Updated: February 7, 2017 … Novel Changes … …