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Clinical Research
NHGRI researchers work with patients and families to explore how genes cause or influence diseases, and develop more effective diagnostics and treatments.
… Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) are working with patients and families to better understand of how genes can cause or influence diseases and develop new … between infection, immunity and clinical decline in individuals with mitochondrial disease. …
News Release
Genomic analyses turned up genes that belong to inflammatory pathways.
… A year ago,14-year-old Rohith Lokesh spent most of his days in extreme pain. He could barely walk and used a wheelchair. He saw numerous doctors in his hometown of Bangalore, India, seeking answers as to why he was … Transformative Research Rohith is just one of many examples why the transformative research taking place …
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 laboratory and clinical research to translate genomics into a greater understanding of human biology and develop better methods for the … Research Areas … Research Institute's research focuses on the understanding of human biology and developing new methods for treating …
Staff
Dr. Mullikin was the former director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… Dr. Mullikin's educational background is in electrical engineering, having earned a B.S. and an M.S. … recognition, having earned a Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. Dr. Mullikin first began to apply … was scaling up. He has been involved in many aspects of the Human Genome Project as well as numerous other genome …
Research Funding
Contacts by Research Area
… Looking for a contact in your research area? Select a category below to find a program … Contacts by Research Area: Search … Contacts by Research Area … Contacts by Research Area … Research Funding …
For Patients and Families
​Clinical research is research conducted with human subjects, or material of human origin, in which the researcher directly interacts with human subjects.
… Clinical research is research conducted with human subjects, or material of human origin, in which the researcher directly interacts with human … is research conducted with human subjects, or material of human origin, in which the researcher directly interacts …
News Release
CMG investigators have made significant inroads in discovering genes underlying Mendelian conditions and have uncovered 470 new, previously unknown conditions.
… When the National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute launched the Centers for Mendelian Genomics (CMGs) program nearly four years ago, it was charged with the ambitious task of identifying the genomic underpinnings of as many Mendelian …
Clinical Research
FAQs for Autoinflammatory Diseases Study providers and researchers.
… Whom should I refer to the NIH study? We are interested in seeing patients with the conditions listed above, or … patients who are older than 1 month and who have evidence of autoinflammatory disease (such as persistently elevated … Ivona Aksentijevich if you would like to further discuss research opportunities. …
Policy Issues
Clinical research may yield new health-related information about volunteers who have chosen to participate in the studies.
… When conducting clinical research studies, scientists may discover new health-related … about volunteers who have chosen to participate in the studies. This raises the question of when and how it is appropriate for the scientists to look … policymakers, and research participants about the return of individual research results (IRRs) and incidental findings …
Policy Issues
Participating in genomics research is an opportunity to support exploration of the genome and help scientists understand, prevent, detect and treat disease.
… Participating in genomics research is an opportunity to support scientific exploration of the genome and to help NIH in its mission to understand, … A wide range of genomic research studies need participants, each with … to your family members about your choice to participate in research. Also ask the researcher what information might …