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Familial Mediterranean Fever is an inherited disease, characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, inflammation, painful, swollen joints, and ankle rash.
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In a conversation, Dr. Elise Feingold reflects on her path to NHGRI, describes her experience leading the ENCODE program and shares advice for those considering different scientific careers.
… I happened to be postdoctoral fellow at National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. While I really loved the science, … consortium was working collaboratively with the National Cancer Institute on the early phases of the Mammalian Gene …
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.
… populations.  Characterizing genomic risk factors of lung cancers in Native Hawaiians Lead: Youping Deng, Ph.D. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the United States …
Research at NHGRI
Families Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) helps you and your family learn how your family health history affects your risk for diseases.
… Colorectal Cancer Breast Cancer Prostate Cancer Type 2 Diabetes Heart Disease How to Use the Families … to reduce risk of heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer . BMC Public Health,  15: …
FAQ
Questions and answers from the September 26, 2022, Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium Pre-Application Webinar.
… both tumor and normal tissues from participants with cancer are strongly encouraged and will be prioritized for … setting this up could take some time. … Biosamples For the cancer DSS, can we propose just plasma collection and no … Collection of tumor samples from participants with cancer is encouraged but it is not a strict requirement. See …
Clinical Research
A study for patients with unexpected genetic results
… unexpected genetic test results about their risk for cancer, heart disease, and other conditions after having … treated or prevented. Many of these results are related to cancer risk and heart conditions . If you think you have … or Spanish  Received a genetic testing result related to cancer risk or heart disease even though they were not …
News Release
Scientists from the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has created the world's largest catalog of genomic differences among humans.
… ranging from cognitive disabilities to susceptibilities to cancer, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other disorders. … the National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute of … of the National Institutes of Health, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) plans, conducts, and …
News Release
Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.
… Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). "The new studies … groups. "A scientist who is studying asthma or kidney cancer might be particularly interested in studying how … of the National Institutes of Health, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) plans, conducts, and …
Staff
Sharna Tingle is the Genomic Program Administrator for NHGRI's Division of Extramural Operations.
… has also worked as a Program Coordinator in the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis for the Specialized Programs … of Pittsburgh where she researched, as a National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Minority Pre-Doctoral Research …
News Release
NIH has awarded grants of more than $28 million aimed at deciphering the language of how and when genes are turned on and off.
… systems in the body, such as skin, immune cells and lung. The resulting insights into the mechanisms controlling … for diseases affected by faulty gene regulation, such as cancer, diabetes and Parkinson's disease. NHGRI launched the … systems of the body, such as skin, immune cells and lung. Credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI. Over the past decade, …