Realizing the benefits of human genetics and genomics research for people everywhere.
Trainee Author: Cassandra N. Spracklen, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Photo courtesy Spracklen) Cassandra N. Spracklen et al. Association analyses of East Asian individuals and trans-ancestry analyses with European individuals reveal new loci associated with cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Human Molecular Genetics (2017); 26(9);1770–1784. This study provides novel insights into... Read More
In celebration of Genetic Counselor Awareness Day on Nov. 9: a guest post by NSGC president-elect Erica Ramos on the growing importance of genetic counseling. Read More
Understanding whether NIH defines your research as a clinical trial matters because the agency is setting new requirements for clinical trial investigators. Read More
Written by Nascent Transcript writer Sumantra Chatterjee November 2017 A few days ago, I found myself sitting next to a news reporter at a scientific meeting, who lamented that all the beautiful work done by scientists is never explained properly to the public and that the gap between science and the general society is increasing. That... Read More
Nascent Transcript writer Brooke Wolford interviewed Natalie Telis, a 5th year PhD student in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University. November 2017 Diversity was a recurring theme at the American Society of Human Genetics’ 2017 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida—from the Presidential Address by Nancy Cox, PhD, to the final talk in the opening plenary session... Read More