Realizing the benefits of human genetics and genomics research for people everywhere.
For Immediate Release Monday, November 26, 2018 1:30 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Report from China, if Confirmed, Would Be at Odds with Field Consensus that Germline Editing is Not Ready for Human Use ROCKVILLE, Md. – Given this morning’s reports of infants possibly born in China whose genomes were... Read More
This month on Inside AJHG: Jonathan Mill describes his new findings on using mQTLs to study the mechanisms underpinning transcriptional regulation. Read More
ASHG denounces the misuse of genetics to feed racist ideologies, and affirms that the research community should be clear about genetic knowledge related to ancestry and genomic diversity. Any attempt to use genetics to rank populations demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of genetics. Related: AJHG Perspective: ASHG Denounces Attempts to Link Genetics and Racial Supremacy (November... Read More
The series addresses the interface of human genetics & society. The first statement targets disturbing & flawed attempts to link genetics with racial supremacy. Read More
This month on Inside AJHG: Sek Kathiresan describes his recent paper on the genetics of albuminuria. Read More