For Immediate Release: Saturday, October 24, 2026, 9:45 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, +1 240-833-2014, [email protected] Presented By: Nikita Marcou, BA, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Rockville, Md. – Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common type of leukemia, has the lowest survival rate. A donor stem cell transplant is currently... Read More
For Immediate Release: Friday, October 23, 2026, 1:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, +1 240-833-2014, [email protected] Presented By: Scott Younger, PhD, Children’s Mercy Rockville, Md. – For people with rare genetic epilepsies, finding an effective treatment can require trying multiple medications with no guarantee of success. Researchers have demonstrated an individualized approach... Read More
For Immediate Release: Friday, October 23, 2026, 8:25 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, +1 240-833-2014, [email protected] Rockville, Md. – Why do some people who use cocaine or opioids develop an addiction while others do not? Researchers are turning to an unexpected source for answers: model organisms that share many fundamental biological processes... Read More
For Immediate Release: Friday, October 23, 2026, 8:20 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, +1 240-833-2014, [email protected] Rockville, Md. – Pharmacogenomics is moving beyond the traditional study of individual gene-drug pairs. A trainee-led session will examine how multiomic data, functional genomics, diverse populations, biobanks, and electronic health records can provide a more complete... Read More
For Immediate Release: Friday, October 23, 2026, 8:15 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, +1 240-833-2014, [email protected] Rockville, Md. – Why do people with similar genetic risks experience different health outcomes? A new session at the ASHG 2026 Annual Meeting will examine how genetics, environmental exposures, and age interact across a lifetime, offering... Read More