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ASHG and The Jackson Laboratory Launch Educational Collaboration

Media Contacts: Nalini Padmanabhan, ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 | press@ashg.org Joyce Peterson, JAX Public Information Manager 207.288.6058 | news@jax.org For Immediate Release Wednesday, June 11, 2014 2:30 pm U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) New Programs Aim to Integrate Genetics and Genomics into Medicine BETHESDA, MD, and BAR HARBOR, MAINE – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and... Read More

ASHG Announces 2014 Winners of National DNA Day Essay Contest

ASHG Announces 2014 Winners of National DNA Day Essay Contest

Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Friday, April 25, 2014 12:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) Annual Contest Invites High School Students to Examine Important Concepts in Genetics BETHESDA, MD – In commemoration of National DNA Day, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) hosted its 9th Annual DNA Day Essay Contest to... Read More

Experts Assess Challenge of Educating the Public about Genetics

Experts Assess Challenge of Educating the Public about Genetics

Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Friday, April 18, 2014 9:00 am U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) In New Report, ASHG Considers Roles of Schools, Internet, Media, and Providers BETHESDA, MD – While genetics research and its applications to human health have made significant advances in recent years, the public’s... Read More

American and European Human Genetics Societies Announce Formal Partnership

For Immediate Release Wednesday, April 16, 2014 9:00 am U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) Media Contacts: Jerome del Picchia, ESHG Executive Officer +43.1.405.13.822 | eo@eshg.org Nalini Padmanabhan, ASHG Communications Manager +1.301.634.7346 | press@ashg.org BETHESDA, MD, USA and VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Two of the world’s largest professional societies of human genetics specialists announced today a formal partnership intended to... Read More

DNA variants may influence response to inhaled bronchodilators by patients with COPD, scientists report at ASHG 2013

DNA variants may influence response to inhaled bronchodilators by patients with COPD, scientists report at ASHG 2013

NEWS For more information: Cathy Yarbrough press@ashg.org sciencematter@yahoo.com 858-243-1814 Embargo: 8 a.m. ET, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 Several novel gene variants may help explain the response of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to inhaled bronchodilators, according to a meta-analysis reported today (Oct. 25) at the American Society of Human Genetics 2013 meeting in... Read More

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