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Each clinical setting is unique. Strategies that will work in your environment can be used to design your interventions based on suggested options from the Champions.
… utilization of genomic information in nursing healthcare delivery are recommended. Because assets and needs are so …
Fact Sheets
Cloning describes a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity.
… The great advantage of using cloned animals for drug testing is that they are all genetically identical, … scientists and experts in cloning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided in January 2008 that meat …
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… and through descriptions of best practices for the delivery of genomic medicine. 2) Education: Provide education … in which ACMG has participated since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its 2014 draft guidance …
Genetic Disorders
Familial Mediterranean Fever is an inherited disease, characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, inflammation, painful, swollen joints, and ankle rash.
… the disease. A common therapy for FMF is daily use of the drug colchicine, a medicine that reduces inflammation. This … attacks of fever in 75 percent of patients who take the drug regularly, and over 90 percent of patients demonstrate a … every day is very important. If a patient stops taking the drug, an attack can occur within a couple of days. Since the …
Genetic Disorders
Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cells disorders.
… to survive childhood. But today, due to preventive drug treatment, improved medical care and aggressive … antibiotics, pain management and blood transfusions. A new drug treatment, hydroxyurea, which is an anti-tumor drug, appears to stimulate the production of fetal …
Clinical Research
The Institutional Review Board (IRB)Â is responsible for protecting the rights and welfare of the human subjects of research protocols that are conducted by intramural investigators in NHGRI and a number of other institutes.
… Sponsors  FDA Investigator-Initiated Investigational New Drug (IND) Applications  Other Organizations Public …
News Release
Learn what happens when two genetic neighborhoods merge in brain tumor cells after a gene controlled by a gene-control switch turned on a cancer-growth gene.
… this hypothesis by adding 5-Azacytidine, a chemotherapy drug that disrupts formation of methyl tags, to glioma cells. …
Genetic Disorders
The porphyrias are a group of different diseases, each caused by a specific abnormality in the heme production process.
Fact Sheets
Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment.
… studies needed to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Screening and diagnostic tests, however, … about a patient's genetic make-up to better tailor drug therapy to their individual needs. Clearly, genetics …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green talks about the NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting, which provides a venue to foster support and a sense of community for NHGRI-funded trainees, equipping them with tools for success and more clarity about career possibilities.
… anniversary of the fellows program. … Genomics Research Drug shows promise for slowing progression of rare, painful …