For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 2:50 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, +1 240-833-2014, [email protected] Presented By: Sohail Zahid, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Rockville, Md. – Body mass index, or BMI, has long served as a standard measure of obesity, but it does not directly account for how excess body... Read More
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 2:40 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, +1 240-833-2014, [email protected] Presented By: Emily Russell, PhD, LabCorp Rockville, Md. – Cancer biomarkers and the likelihood of identifying clinically useful genetic variants differ across ancestry groups, according to a large study of nearly 29,000 patients. The findings could... Read More
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 2:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, +1 240-833-2014, [email protected] Presented By: Moeen Riaz, MS PhD, Regeneron Genetics Center People of South Asian descent develop type 2 diabetes at approximately four times the rate of people with European descent, often at younger ages and lower body... Read More
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 2:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, +1 240-833-2014, [email protected] Presented By: Jakob Woerner, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Lifestyle questionnaires can capture what people report eating, how often they exercise, or whether they smoke. But blood proteins may offer another window into how those behaviors affect... Read More
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 1:50 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, +1 240-833-2014, [email protected] Presented By: Blake Vuocolo, MS, CGC, Baylor College of Medicine Rockville, Md. – Children with rare diseases in medically underserved communities often face long delays in accessing genetic specialists and receiving a diagnosis. A five-year NIH-funded... Read More