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\n<\/TABLE>UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Genetic and Rehabilitation Institute is considered by some a Mecca for genetic research. <\/p>\n

Fittingly, several top geneticists will make a pilgrimage of sorts to the institute on Wednesday as part of a regional conference hosted by Munroe-Meyer staff.<\/p>\n

The tour of the institute is part of the three-day “Heartland Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative Annual Conference,” which starts Wednesday at the Hilton in downtown Omaha.<\/p>\n

“Some of the best geneticists in the world are found right here,” said Brad Schaefer, M.D., associate director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute. “This is a chance to showcase it.”<\/p>\n

The conference is expected to draw hundreds of geneticists and researchers from an eight-state region that includes Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.<\/p>\n

With a staff considerably larger than many other genetic institutes in the region, Munroe-Meyer is home to leading-edge work and research in genetic medicine, Dr. Schaefer said.<\/p>\n

This staff includes five clinical geneticists, including Dr. Schaefer. <\/p>\n

Considering there are no clinical geneticists in the state of Kansas and several other states have just a handful scattered throughout their borders, having five in one building is almost unprecedented, Dr. Schaefer said.<\/p>\n

Aside from Wednesday’s tour of Munroe-Meyer, the second annual conference also will feature national speakers as well as seminars by Munroe-Meyer geneticists. <\/p>\n

Presenters from UNMC include Dr. Schaefer; Warren Sanger, Ph.D., director of Munroe-Meyer’s Human Genetics Laboratory; Shelley Smith, Ph.D., Munroe-Meyer’s director of Human Molecular Genetics and Richard Lutz, M.D., a UNMC genetics, endocrinology and metabolism expert.<\/p>\n

Dr. Sanger will speak Thursday morning about comparative genomic hybridization.<\/p>\n

On Friday afternoon, Dr. Smith will speak about genetic causes of learning disorders while Dr. Lutz will speak about autism genetics research.<\/p>\n

One important topic the conference will focus on is improving and standardizing care for patients with genetic diseases as well as increasing accessibility to such care, Dr. Schaefer said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Schaefer also will speak Thursday morning about helping young people with genetic diseases get the help they need to live with their conditions.<\/p>\n

In some places, patients with genetic diseases and their families struggle mightily to find the care they need, he said. A goal of the conference is to craft ways to alleviate such problems.<\/p>\n

“It’s traumatic enough to have a child with a birth defect,” Dr. Schaefer said. “People shouldn’t have to struggle to find quality care.” <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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