Genomics

Published: Thursday, October 17, 2019, 5:00 p.m. U.S. Central Time Media Contact: Ann Klinck, 301.634.7342, press@ashg.org Findings Reported at ASHG 2019 Annual Meeting HOUSTON, Texas – Health reports from direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests that use a limited variant screening approach often yield clinical false-negative results, which pose the risk of informing health care decisions based... Read More

This month, AJHG editors interviewed Heidi Rehm on her recent paper describing unification of clinical sentencing and interpretation to an online system. Read More

Trainee Author: Ajai K. Pathak Early Career Researcher Estonian Biocentre-Institute of Genomics University of Tartu (Photo courtesy Jüri Parik)   Pathak AK, et al.The Genetic Ancestry of Modern Indus Valley Populations from Northwest India. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2018 Dec 6;103(6) To fully capture the variation of the human genome it is important to... Read More

For Immediate Release Saturday, October 20, 2018 10:30 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Findings Presented at ASHG 2018 Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, Calif. – By studying the effect of genetic variations on lifespan across the human genome, researchers have devised a way to estimate whether an individual can expect to... Read More

For Immediate Release Wednesday, October 17, 2018 9:45 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Ann Klinck 301.634.7342 press@ashg.org Proposed Format Presented at ASHG 2018 Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Based on an analysis of data leakages and opportunities to prevent the potential misuse of genetic information, researchers have developed a new file format for... Read More