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For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 16, 2018 6:10 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Ann Klinck 301.634.7342 press@ashg.org Findings Reported at ASHG 2018 Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, Calif. – In the largest genetic sequencing study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to date, researchers have identified 102 genes associated with ASD, and report significant progress toward... Read More
Trainee Author: Zafar Iqbal, PhD Researcher Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (Photo courtesy Iqbal) Riazuddin S, Hussain M, Razzaq A, Iqbal Z, et al. Exome sequencing of Pakistani consanguineous families identifies 30 novel candidate genes for recessive intellectual disability. Molecular Psychiatry (2017) 22, 1604-1614 This multi-investigator exome sequencing project aims to discover pathogenic mutations for... Read More
Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Friday, September 18, 2015 12:00 pm U.S. Pacific Time (UTC-05:00) WHEN: Tuesday through Saturday, Oct. 6-10, 2015 WHERE: American Society of Human Genetics 2015 Annual Meeting Baltimore Convention Center, 1 West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 WHAT: Invited and platform (oral) sessions and... Read More
Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 14, 2014 12:00 pm U.S. Pacific Time (UTC-05:00) WHEN: Saturday through Wednesday, Oct. 18-22, 2014 WHERE: American Society of Human Genetics 2014 Annual Meeting San Diego Convention Center, 111 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101 WHAT: Invited and platform (oral)... Read More
NEWS For more information: Cathy Yarbrough press@ashg.org 858-243-1814 Embargo: 10:30 a.m. PT, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 Research findings confirming that de novo mutations represent a major cause of previously unexplained intellectual disability were presented today (Nov. 8) at the American Society of Human Genetics 2012 meeting in San Francisco. Josep de Ligt, M.Sc., bioinformatician and... Read More