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AIDS is a collection of symptoms known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Fact Sheet
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.
… More than 6% of hospital admissions are due to adverse drug reactions, and avoiding such adverse reactions using … alters the protein and slows this transport, causing the drug to build up in the blood and leading to pain and muscle … the HER2 receptor can also be a target for treatment. The drug trastuzumab (one common brand name of which is …
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.
Staff
Dr. Guanjie Chen is a senior research fellow with the NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
Educational Resources
Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by an inability to make or use the hormone insulin.
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… The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oversight and Regulation of …
Educational Resources
A plasmid is a small, often circular DNA molecule found in bacteria and other cells.
Talking Glossary
GMO (short for “genetically modified organism”) is a plant, animal or microbe in which one or more changes have been made to the genome, typically using high-tech genetic engineering, in an attempt to alter the characteristics of an organism.
For Teachers
A microbiome is all of the genetic material found in a microbe, such as a bacterium, fungal cell or virus.
Media Advisory
The NIH-funded Integrative Human Microbiome Project presented at the International Human Microbiome Congress.