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Genetic Disorders
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease is a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous cysts in both kidneys.
… Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder characterized by the … Alliance Urology Cure Foundation National Organization for Rare Disorders Genetic and Rare Disease Information Center Finding Reliable Health …
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​The Undiagnosed Diseases Network accelerates discovery and innovation in how we diagnose and treat patients with previously undiagnosed diseases.
… to investigate the pathophysiology of these new and rare diseases. In 2008, the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program … (NHGRI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) and the NIH Clinical Center to … that this type of cross-disciplinary approach to disease diagnosis is feasible to implement in academic …
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Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means to the pediatric mitochondrial disease community.
… Children affected by mitochondrial disease have impaired oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). … nearly all cells of the body, children with mitochondrial disease can have multisystemic problems, especially in organ … a lot of energy. For example, pediatric mitochondrial disease often affects the brain, which may cause children to …
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Baylor College of Medicine. Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
… variants in patients' genome that may be the cause of a disease. Genome sequencing is an increasingly fast and … diagnoses and potential treatments for patients with these rare or new diseases. Recipients of the new NIH awards to … conditions entails, to identify new disorders or rare presentations of known diseases and to shed light on the …
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The Undiagnosed Diseases Network has opened an online patient application portal called the UDN Gateway.
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Dr. ​Adam Felsenfeld is a program director in the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute.​
… specific responsibility for the NHGRI Centers for Common Disease Genomics program and the GSP Analysis Centers. Dr. … genome sequencing, DNA sequencing, common diseases, rare diseases … Adam Felsenfeld, genome sequencing, DNA sequencing, common diseases, rare diseases … Dr. ​Adam Felsenfeld is a program director in …
Research at NHGRI
The Genetic Disease Research Branch studies how genetic changes affect the structure and function of gene products leading to human disease.
… The Genetic Disease Research Branch studies the mechanisms by which … structure and function of gene products leading to human disease. … A major focus of the branch's research lies in … signaling pathways and transcription factors contribute to disease. Our investigators use genetics and genomic …
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NHGRI researchers have identified new genes associated with the Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and some possible new therapies.
… identified new genes associated with the Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and some possible new therapies. Findings on this ultra-rare disease, found in approximately 600 people in the world, … the institute's goals to advance medical knowledge about rare diseases and to potentially provide insights into more …
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The Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium aims to advance the application of multi-omic technologies to study health and disease in ancestrally diverse populations.
… exposures, omics, and childhood NAFLD (LEON) Study Disease Study Site** Stephanie Christenson*, Neeta Thakur, … of California, San Francisco EXposomic Profiling in Airway disease to uNravel Determinants of disease in Asthma (EXPAND-Asthma) Center Disease Study Site** …
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Dr. William A. Gahl is a senior investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch and the director of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program.
… Dr. Gahl's research has focused on the natural history of rare metabolic disorders and the discovery of new genetic … He elucidated the basic defects in cystinosis and Salla disease, i.e., deficiencies of the lysosomal membrane … in the Human Biochemical Genetics Section have studied rare disorders and discovered new diseases, employing the …