ASHG News

Posted By: Evelyn Mantegani, Senior Specialist, Marketing and Communications, ASHG ASHG envisions a future with an informed public that continues to understand basic genetic concepts, receives equitable access to genetic information, and understands and appreciates humanity’s diversity. With this in mind, the Society exhibited at SciFest All Access with the goal of increasing awareness of... Read More

Posted By: Sarah Ratzel, PhD, Science Editor, AJHG Each month, the editors of The American Journal of Human Genetics interview an author of a recently published paper. This month, we check in with Jason Torres to discuss his paper, “A Multi-omic Integrative Scheme Characterizes Tissues of Action at Loci Associated with Type 2 Diabetes”. AJHG:... Read More

Dear ASHG Members, With the successful conclusion of ASHG’s first ever virtual meeting, we want to provide you with an update on the Society’s 2021 Annual Meeting. Given the continued uncertainty of international travel at this time and the global pandemic, ASHG’s Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to relocate the 2021 meeting... Read More

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2020, 10:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD — An international team of researchers who identified genetic variants associated with reproductive success say their findings could highlight mechanisms underlying fertility and infertility. In addition, their analyses detected genetic alleles under present-day selection, providing an insight into the... Read More

Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 5:45 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD — The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis. Insights into why some people develop more severe symptoms than others and how to better treat the disease are desperately needed. The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative was created to study... Read More