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Inside HGGA

Inside HGG Advances: A Chat with Emil Jørsboe

Inside HGG Advances: A Chat with Emil Jørsboe

Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project?   EJ: I wanted to obtain further insights into the genetics of the Greenlandic population, as it is a genetically unique and understudied population. Specifically, we sought to look further into a range of cardiometabolic phenotypes. The end goal was to improve... Read More

Nelson Ugwu earned his MD from the Yale School of Medicine and is now an Internal Medicine Resident at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Inside HGG Advances: A Chat with Nelson Ugwu

Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project?   NU: Despite being first described over 100 years ago, mutations underlying hepatic hemangiomas (HHs) had not been identified. Mutations associated with cutaneous venous malformations (CVMs) have been found, but a significant proportion still have no genetic explanation. We also found it... Read More