Publications & News

ASHG comments on a new NASEM report evaluating issues and perspectives surrounding return of individual-specific research results. Read More

Written by Nascent Transcript writer Sandra Smieszek August 2018  Longevity–an individual’s lifespan under ideal conditions–and healthy aging are among the most complex phenotypes studied to date. Human lifespan varies greatly, with life expectancy ranging from 47.5 in Sierra Leone to 79.8 in the United States and 87.2 years in Monaco. Currently, the world is home... Read More

Written by Nascent Transcript writer Allison McCague August 2018 May 21 of this year marked the tenth anniversary of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), a landmark piece of legislation that Senator Ted Kennedy—one of the sponsors of the bill—called “the first civil rights bill of the new century of the life sciences.” GINA’s passage was the... Read More

For Immediate Release Thursday, July 26, 2018 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Ann Klinck ASHG Communications Assistant 301.634.7342 press@ashg.org WHEN: Tuesday to Saturday, Oct. 16-20, 2018 WHERE: San Diego Convention Center 111 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101 WHAT: The latest research in human genetics, presented in invited and platform (oral) sessions,... Read More

For Immediate Release Friday, July 20, 2018 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Ann Klinck 301.634.7342 press@ashg.org Geneticist to Receive Award at ASHG 2018 Annual Meeting ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Eric S. Lander, PhD, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard,... Read More