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The Value of Precision Medicine

WEBWithout a doubt, health care is expensive. In 2014, the US spent $3 trillion on health care, averaging $9,500 per person [1]. So how could it be that precision medicine—with its …

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The Microbiome and Disease

WEBThe Microbiome and Disease. Here are just some of the health conditions that involve our microbes. Click the links or scroll down the page to learn more. Acne. Antibiotic …

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High Blood Pressure

WEBHigh blood pressure (hypertension) results when blood places an excessive amount of force on the walls of the blood vessels. The heart and kidneys (which filter blood to regulate …

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What is Precision Medicine

WEBPrecision medicine involves understanding how factors from the environment interact with genetic variations to influence health. When combined with information about a person's …

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The Human Microbiome

WEBA collection or community of microbes. Microbiome. Some use “microbiome” to mean all the microbes in a community. We and others use it to mean the full collection of genes of all …

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How We Study the Microbiome

WEBPeople have been studying microbes for a long time. Early research techniques involved taking a sample from a patient and growing it in the lab, where it could be studied using …

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Exploring Genetics Through Genetic Disorders

WEBThis work was supported by a Science Education Partnership Award (1R25GM021903) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health.

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Precision Medicine

WEBThe Value of Precision Medicine. Precision medicine promises to bring better care to patients at a lower cost than traditional approaches.

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The Friendly Side of Fat

WEBLeptin. One of fat's most famous products is leptin, a signaling protein that suppresses appetite, increases energy use, and encourages the body to burn fat. In lean people, fat …

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What is Mutation

WEBWe often refer to a mutation as a thing—the genetic variation itself. This approach can be useful when it comes to a gene associated with a disease: the disease allele carries a …

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Family Health History

WEBCommon Risk-Associated Diseases. Most common diseases result from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. We inherit genetic factors that make us more or less …

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Your Changing Microbiome

WEB3 years - adulthood. By age three, a child's microbiome looks a lot like an adult's, and it becomes much more stable. It still continues to change in response to events like …

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Traits Activities

WEBFind the most and least common combination of three traits in your group! Participants mark traits for tongue rolling, earlobe attachment and PTC tasting on paper leaves and …

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Environmental Risk

WEBIt increases the risk for heart and lung diseases, including cancer. According to the World Health Organization, outdoor air pollution causes an estimated 1.3 million deaths in …

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What is an Environmental Factor

WEBMost traits are shaped both by a person’s genes and by environmental factors. Environmental factors include everything outside of DNA that affects your traits. They …

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Examples of Aneuploidy

WEBThese including respiratory infections, problems with the gastrointestinal (digestive) tract, leukemia (a blood cancer), eye problems, hearing loss, and hypothyroidism. Many …

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