Press Releases

For Immediate Release Tuesday, February 13, 2018 12:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Director of Communications & Marketing 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) is disappointed by the Administration’s proposed Fiscal Year 2019 National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget released yesterday. This budget would impose... Read More

Embargoed for Release Friday, October 20, 2017 5:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Director of Communications and Marketing 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Findings Reported at ASHG 2017 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – Rare variants combined with background genetic risk factors may account for many unexplained cases of familial breast cancer, and knowing the... Read More

Embargoed for Release Friday, October 20, 2017 10:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Director of Communications and Marketing 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Findings Reported at ASHG 2017 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – Multi-omics profiling, the measurement and analysis of a person’s genome along with other biomolecular traits, is an important step toward personal... Read More

Embargoed for Release Friday, October 20, 2017 9:15 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Director of Communications and Marketing 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Findings Reported at ASHG 2017 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – Low levels of physical activity and inefficient sleep patterns intensify the effects of genetic risk factors for obesity, according to results... Read More

Embargoed for Release Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Director of Communications and Marketing 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Findings Reported at ASHG 2017 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – Adolescents display a complex and nuanced understanding of the issues around pediatric genetic testing for conditions that do not appear until... Read More