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Staff
Dr. Ivona Aksentijevich is an associate investigator in NHGRI Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) to work as a post-doctoral fellow on the … to study the genetics of monogenic autoinflammatory diseases. Dr. Aksentijevich is certified in clinical … of several genes underlying known autoinflammatory diseases as well as the discovery of multiple previously …
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Autosomal dominance is a pattern of inheritance characteristic of some genetic diseases.
… is a pattern of inheritance characteristic of some genetic diseases. … Trait, Inherit, Genetic Diseases, Chromosomes, Mutation, Recessive, Dominant … is a pattern of inheritance characteristic of some genetic diseases. …
Staff
Heather Colley is a Lead Research Training and Career Development Program Officer at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Consortium , IGNITE Consortium , and the NIH Common Fund Undiagnosed Diseases Network . Her research interests focus on ensuring … implications of genome-wide association loci for human diseases and traits. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA , 106(23):9362-7. … Heather Colley, genomics careers, genomics training, Undiagnosed Diseases Network, NIH Common Fund …
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Down syndrome is a genetic disease resulting from a chromosomal abnormality.
Event
On May 1–2, 2018, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored this NHGRI workshop in Silver Spring, Maryland.
… workshop, Revisiting the Missing Heritability of Complex Diseases, Ten Years On , in Silver Spring, Maryland, on May … Revisiting the Missing Heritability of Complex Diseases, Ten Years On … workshop, Revisiting the Missing Heritability of Complex Diseases, Ten Years On, in Silver Spring, Maryland. …
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Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by an inability to make or use the hormone insulin.
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A candidate gene is a gene whose chromosomal location is associated with a particular disease or other phenotype.
For Patients and Families
FAQs about genetic disorders, the impact of genomics on your health, and the emerging science of pharmacogenomics.
… Family Health History, Pharmacogenomics, Undiagnosed Disease, Genetic Disease, Genetic Condition, …
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A syndrome is a collection of recognizable traits or abnormalities that tend to occur together and are associated with a specific disease.
Genetic Disorders
Familial Mediterranean Fever is an inherited disease, characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, inflammation, painful, swollen joints, and ankle rash.
… are being destroyed, a common occurrence in rheumatic diseases, such as FMF. Elevated C-reactive protein, which is … MUMS National Parent-to-Parent Network Genetics and Rare Diseases Information Center Finding Reliable Health …