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Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Friday, April 25, 2014 12:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) Annual Contest Invites High School Students to Examine Important Concepts in Genetics BETHESDA, MD – In commemoration of National DNA Day, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) hosted its 9th Annual DNA Day Essay Contest to... Read More
Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Friday, April 18, 2014 9:00 am U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) In New Report, ASHG Considers Roles of Schools, Internet, Media, and Providers BETHESDA, MD – While genetics research and its applications to human health have made significant advances in recent years, the public’s... Read More
For Immediate Release Wednesday, April 16, 2014 9:00 am U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) Media Contacts: Jerome del Picchia, ESHG Executive Officer +43.1.405.13.822 | eo@eshg.org Nalini Padmanabhan, ASHG Communications Manager +1.301.634.7346 | press@ashg.org BETHESDA, MD, USA and VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Two of the world’s largest professional societies of human genetics specialists announced today a formal partnership intended to... Read More
NEWS For more information: Cathy Yarbrough press@ashg.org sciencematter@yahoo.com 858-243-1814 Embargo: 8 a.m. ET, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 Several novel gene variants may help explain the response of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to inhaled bronchodilators, according to a meta-analysis reported today (Oct. 25) at the American Society of Human Genetics 2013 meeting in... Read More
NEWS For more information: Cathy Yarbrough press@ashg.org sciencematter@yahoo.com 858-243-1814 Embargo: 2:15 p.m. ET, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 An analysis of the genealogical and medical records of males in Utah’s multi-generational families strongly supports the case that inherited variations in the Y chromosome, the male sex chromosome, play a role in the development of prostate cancer,... Read More