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Type 2 Diabetes Risk for Women With Gestational Diabetes is Increased by Genetic Factors

A high genetic risk score was associated with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes in both a US and a Danish cohort of women with gestational diabetes.

All of Us Research Program, NICHD Team Up for Pregnancy Study

The pilot seeks to enroll 100 All of Us participants who are pregnant into the ongoing NICHD's PregSource initiative, which collects patient-reported data.

HudsonAlpha Wins $12.4M in NIH Grants for Population Genomics, Pediatric Sequencing

The institute will apply long-read sequencing to the NIH All of Us program and conduct pediatric sequencing for cancer and birth defect studies.

Late-Onset Preeclampsia Markers Proposed From Proteomic Study

Investigators identified candidate protein markers from aptamer-based proteomic profiles of samples from women with or without late-onset preeclampsia.

NICHD to Fund Expert Panels to Study Genes, Variants of Interest

The panels will select genes and genomic variants associated with diseases of interest to the agency, and determine their significance and utility.

Jul 1, 2016

Jackson Lab Gene Expression Database Gets $10.5M in NICHD Funding

Dec 17, 2014

First Newborn Sequencing Study Gets FDA Green Light While Others Still Await Approval
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Dec 8, 2014

NIH Language in RFAs Tells Researchers to Prepare to Discuss Study Protocols with FDA
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Dec 4, 2014

Microduplication, Mutation Implicated in Excessive Childhood Growth Conditions

Nov 25, 2014

UCSF Researchers Combine DNA Microarrays, Bioinformatics to Diagnose Endometriosis

Jul 9, 2014

NIH to Fund New Pediatric Cardiac Genomics Centers

Sep 25, 2013

NIH Pumps $25M into Efforts to Assess Clinical Relevance of Gene Variants

Sep 4, 2013

NIH Awards up to $25M over Five Years to Teams Testing Genome Sequencing in Newborn Screening

Aug 5, 2013

NICHD Wants Adult Biomarkers Tailored for Pediatric Use

Jan 31, 2013

NICHD to Fund Studies of Genetic/Epigenetic Changes in Stem Cells

Aug 10, 2012

NIH to Award $25M for Newborn Sequencing Studies

Aug 6, 2012

Wayne State Lands Grant for Fetal Dx

Jul 30, 2012

NIH to Fund New 'Omics Tools for Xenopus Research

May 25, 2012

NHGRI, NICHD Plan $25M Newborn Sequencing Screening Grants Program

Jan 18, 2012

CHOP to Create Long-term Newborn Screening Data Repository

Oct 12, 2011

Einstein, CHOP to Study Heart Abnormality Genes

Oct 6, 2011

Asuragen Using NICHHD Grant to Adapt Fragile X MDx Assay for Newborn Screening
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Sep 27, 2011

SBIR Grant to Fund Predictive Type 1 Diabetes Assays

Sep 1, 2011

NIH to Fund Pediatric Biomarker Studies

Jul 11, 2011

NIH to Fund Pediatric Biorepositories for e-MERGE Network

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Positive Framing of Genetic Studies Can Spark Mistrust Among Underrepresented Groups

Researchers in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances report that how researchers describe genomic studies may alienate potential participants.

Small Study of Gene Editing to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

In a Novartis-sponsored study in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that a CRISPR-Cas9-based treatment targeting promoters of genes encoding fetal hemoglobin could reduce disease symptoms.

Gut Microbiome Changes Appear in Infants Before They Develop Eczema, Study Finds

Researchers report in mSystems that infants experienced an enrichment in Clostridium sensu stricto 1 and Finegoldia and a depletion of Bacteroides before developing eczema.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment Specificity Enhanced With Stem Cell Editing

A study in Nature suggests epitope editing in donor stem cells prior to bone marrow transplants can stave off toxicity when targeting acute myeloid leukemia with immunotherapy.