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The skin microbiota plays an intricate role in the human immune system, directing many immune functions and defending against bacterial pathogens.
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Dr. Joshua Denny is the head of the NHGRI Precision Health Informatics Section and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program.
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Carlos Ferreira, M.D., staff clinician in NHGRI's Metabolic Medicine Branch, knows the catalogue of rare skeletal disorders well. With hundreds of known rare bone disorders and more to be discovered, Dr. Ferreira breaks down the challenges of skeletal genomics.
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Dr. Teri Manolio is the director of the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Epidermal Necrolysis. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics , 103:390-94. 2018. [ Full Text ] Manolio TA. … data from the eMERGE Network. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics , 100:160-69. 2016. [ PubMed ] Green RC, Goddard … health record systems. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics , 96:482-89. 2014. [ PubMed ] Manolio TA, Murray …
Diversity Center
The Pacific Center for Genome Research (PCGR) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) aims to grow and support Genomic Research workforce at UHM, a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), which has a mission to serve historically underrepresented population in biomedical research, namely, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
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NHGRI has selected Charles Rotimi, Ph.D., as the next scientific director. In this role, he will lead the institute’s Intramural Research Program, which conducts basic and clinical research to enable a greater understanding of human disease and to develop better methods to detect, prevent and treat genetic disorders.
… and raises the question of whether genomic-derived therapeutics will serve all human populations equally.” Dr. …
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NIH scientists proposed a new approach for finding ways to impede or halt cancer's spread: transgenic zebrafish as a live animal model of metastasis.
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Dr. Neil Hanchard is a clinical investigator within the Center for Precision Health Research (CPHR) and head of the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section within the CPHR.
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Dr. Carsten Bonnemann is an adjunct investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
Genetic Disorders
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that causes the body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs, leads to infection, and blocks the pancreas.
… Fibrosis Foundation funds Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics (CFFT) located at The University of North …