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On December 2, 2020 national experts convened for a Zoom webinar on “LawSeqSM: Facing the Legal Barriers to Genomic Research & Precision Medicine.” This event grew out of a project funded by the…

Thirty years ago in the United States, the National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its partner in the Human Genome Project (HGP), the Office…

Jonathan F. Will, a professor of law at Mississippi College School of Law, identifies a new trend in abortion restrictions. Distinct from previous abortion regulations which rely on the state’s…

Dear ASHG Members, With the successful conclusion of ASHG’s first ever virtual meeting, we want to provide you with an update on the Society’s 2021 Annual Meeting. Given the continued uncertainty…

Gene drive technologies represent a promising approach to the reduction of the global health burden posed by insect-borne infectious diseases like malaria and dengue. The application of new…

(The following announcement is available online at All of Us, News and Events) Today the All of Us Research Program released the white paper “Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (…

The Sulston Project is a joint research effort at Arizona State University and Baylor College of Medicine named after John Sulston, the champion of open science who, with Bob Waterston, crafted the…

Genetic testing is increasingly offered as a benefit in employer-sponsored health and wellness programs. Despite rapidly growing popularity of wellness programs, there is little evidence to support…

Albert R. Jonsen, PhD (1931-2020), a foundational figure and scholar in bioethics, died at his home in San Francisco on October 21, 2020. His extraordinary contributions to the field of…

After two years of planning, the NHGRI released its 2030 “Strategic vision for improving human health at The Forefront of Genomics.” published in Nature on October 28, 2020. Acknowledging the…