Search Results
Educational Resources
Sickle cell disease is a hereditary disease seen most often among people of African ancestry.
… Sickle Cell Disease … Sickle cell disease is a hereditary disease seen … of African ancestry. … Autosome, Birth Defect, Gene, Inherited, Mutation, Protein, Recessive … Sickle cell disease … genes that encode the hemoglobin protein, the disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. The mutation …
Policy Issues
Participating in genomics research is an opportunity to support exploration of the genome and help scientists understand, prevent, detect and treat disease.
… mission to understand, prevent, detect and better treat disease. In some cases, research participants may also gain … to commit? This very much varies from study to study. For any study you are considering, it is important that you … ] NIH Clinical Research Studies At the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland The NIH maintains an online …
Research at NHGRI
NHGRI's research focuses on the understanding of human biology and developing new methods for treating disease.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) conducts a broad program of … understanding of human biology and develop better methods for the detection, prevention and treatment of heritable and … of human biology and developing new methods for treating disease. … NHGRI's research focuses on the understanding of …
Research Funding
The Genome Sequencing Program uses genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease.
… (HGP). In addition to creating an essential resource for biomedical research, the HGP helped define NHGRI's niche: … to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease across its full spectrum, including rare … Staff and the SAP at an annual meeting. A coordinating center has been funded and established at Rutgers University …
News Release
NIH expands its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Project, which is creating a fundamental genomics resource scientists to study human health and disease.
… resource used by many scientists to study human health and disease. … "ENCODE has created high-quality and easily … a network of researchers to develop and apply methods for mapping candidate functional elements in the genome, and … by ENCODE are organized by two groups: a data coordinating center, which houses the data and provides access to the …
Genetic Disorders
Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal genetic disorder that results in progressive destruction of the nervous system.
… Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal genetic disorder that results in … the disease has not been extensively described. As for the childhood form of Tay-Sachs, there is no cure. … nervous system in babies with Tay-Sachs. Another avenue of research is gene therapy in which scientists transfer a …
News Release
In honor of Rare Disease Day, experts from the UDN turned to Reddit to answer questions during an "Ask me Anything."
… Day , a day celebrated worldwide to raise awareness for rare diseases, experts from the UDN turned to Reddit - a … model organisms core, a biorepository, and a coordinating center. There were more than 100 people sitting around the … might be: (1) The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease (a four volume textbook that is on line). …
Research Funding
The CEGS Program supports multi-investigator, interdisciplinary research teams who develop novel and innovative genomic research projects.
… in 2000 to stimulate the development of novel approaches for conducting biomedical research at genomic scale. CEGS develop new concepts, … (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)” To Clarify Review Criteria For The Resource Sharing Plan PAR-19-204 : Centers of …
Staff
Dr. Adebowale Adeyemo is an associate investigator and deputy director of NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… work in genetic epidemiology at the National Human Genome Center at Howard University. He came to the NIH in 2008 as a … in 2016. Dr. Adeyemo works on the genomics of complex disease, focusing on cardiometabolic disorders and complex … author of the papers describing: the first genome scan for obesity in an African population, the first genome-wide …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Intramural Research Award recognizes research achievements by trainees in basic, clinical, and social behavioral science research.
… The NHGRI Intramural Research Award distinguishes meritorious research accomplishments for a single, notable research achievement or a larger body …