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On September 25, ASHG hosted a virtual Forum with several members of the International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing. The Forum was chaired by Charles Rotimi of NIH, and speakers shared findings from the Commission’s final report on Heritable Human Genome Editing (HHGE), which was released earlier that month. The... Read More
Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 11:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) applauds and congratulates geneticists Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD, of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, and Jennifer Doudna, PhD, of the University of California, Berkeley, on their honor... Read More
Last month at ASHG 2019, global scientific leaders spoke at the ASHG Forum: Perspectives on Germline Gene Regulation. Read More
Published: Friday, October 18, 2019, 5:35 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan, 301.634.7346, press@ashg.org Findings Reported at ASHG 2019 Annual Meeting HOUSTON, Texas – Scientists are finding new ways to improve the use of the CRISPR enzyme Cas9 and reduce the chances of off-target mutations in laboratory mice, according to new results from... Read More
From the President’s Desk: Leslie Biesecker, MD September 2019 It’s hard to believe there is just about a month left until the ASHG 2019 Annual Meeting! As always, I’m excited to connect with new and old colleagues from around the world, and to take in the latest scientific advances and perspectives. This year’s schedule promises plenty of... Read More