September 2011

Genes that Help and Genes that Harm: Researchers Present New Findings on Genetic Factors Associated with Autism, Schizophrenia, and Parkinson’s Disease

September 01, 2011

PRESS RELEASE Media Contact: ASHG Press Office 301-634-7346 press@ashg.org Genetics Experts to Present Cutting-edge Neuropsychiatric Research Developments at ICHG/ASHG 2011 Meeting on Genetic Causes of Autism, Schizophrenia, Intellectual Disability, Epilepsy, and a Gene that Protects Against Parkinson’s Disease BETHESDA, MD – September 29, 2011 – The world’s top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics... Read More

Next-Generation Genome Sequencing Methods Reveal New Findings on Evolution and Population Genetics

September 01, 2011

PRESS RELEASE Media Contact: ASHG Press Office 301-634-7346 press@ashg.org Researchers present study results at ICHG/ASHG 2011 Meeting that reveal new insights on genetic ancestry of ancient and modern human populations and their evolutionary history BETHESDA, MD – September 29, 2011 – The world’s top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will gather to... Read More

New Study Findings Suggest U.S. High School Science Standards in Genetics Are ‘Inadequate’

September 01, 2011

PRESS RELEASE Media Contact: ASHG Press Office press@ashg.org 301-634-7307 Most States Fail to Keep Pace with Modern Genetics in Their Science Curricula BETHESDA, MD – September 1, 2011 – A new study by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the country’s leading genetics scientific society, found that more than 85 percent of states have... Read More