American Medical Association Adopts New Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing Policy Recommendations
Medical News Today - Aug 14, 2008
U.S. Law Bans Genetic Discrimination
IEEE News - Aug 8, 2008
At Last, Law Addresses Genetic Testing in Employment, Insurance
The Kansas City Star - Aug 6, 2008
Coalition for Genetic Fairness Celebrates Passage of GINA, Honors GINA Champions
AScribe Newswire - Jul 23, 2008
GINA Finally Becomes a Reality
Bio-IT World - Jul 14, 2008
GINA Provides Bioindustry Boost: Companies Expect to Benefit along with Consumers and Clinical Researchers
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - Jul 1, 2008
Protecting Your Genome
Drug Discovery News - Jun 2008
U-M Scientists Selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
University of Michigan News Services - May 28, 2008
Point of View: Genetic Science Confounds Students
BLOGbiotech, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - May 27, 2008
Vienna Girl Wins Genetics Society Award
Vienna Connection (VA) - May 27, 2008
Testing Genes for Future Risks
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Mar 26, 2008
School Briefs: Robinson Student Places Second in National DNA Essay Contest
Dallas Morning News - May 25, 2008
Studies from K.R. Mills Shaw et al Provide New Data on Life Sciences
NewsRx.com - May 20, 2008
After 13 Years, Congress OK’s Genetic Bias Ban
American Medical News (AMA News) - May 19, 2008
Genetic Science Confounds Students; Feedback Tells Us What We Are Not Teaching Them
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - May 15, 2008
ASHG Education staff members (Kenna Shaw, Ph.D., Katie Van Horne & Joann Boughman, Ph.D.) were invited to write a “point-of-view” article discussing the current state of genetics education in U.S. science programs for the May 15 issue of GEN.
Bethesda Genetics Research Group Honors Local Student
The Gazette (MD) - May 7, 2008
Congress Passes Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
Clinical Lab Products - May 5, 2008
Kepley Middle School Student Awarded Second Place in DNA Day Essay Contest
Hutchinson News - May 5, 2008
Cuba City Student's Essay Wins Award
Dubuque Telegraph Herald - May 3, 2008
U.S. House Passes Genetic Discrimination Bill
GenomeWeb News - May 1, 2008
Congress Passes Bill Barring Genetic Discrimination
Scientific American - May 1, 2008
U.S. Congress Passes Genetic Nondiscrimination Act
News-Medical.net - May 1, 2008
Senate Unanimously Passes GINA, Though with ‘Compromises’; Now Faces
Sympathetic House
Pharmacogenomics Reporter - Apr 30, 2008
ESHG’s Gene-Patenting Guidelines Aim to Protect Innovation and Patient Access
Pharmacogenomics Reporter - Apr 30, 2008
More on the Need for Science Education
Predictive Health - Apr 30, 2008
Regulation of Genetic Tests
PHG Foundation - Apr 30, 2008
U.S. Outlaws Genetic Discrimination
NewScientist.com - Apr 28, 2008
Genetic Scientists Anticipate U.S. Senate Passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
NewsRx.com - Apr 28, 2008
Senate Votes to Shield Genetic Testing Data
The Star-Ledger - Apr 25, 2008
Senate Passes Bill Banning Genetic Discrimination
Los Angeles Times - Apr 25, 2008
Senate OK’s Protection for Genetic Data
Health Data Management - Apr 25, 2008
Guidelines Suggested for Direct-to-Consumer Gene Tests
MedPage Today - Apr 25, 2008
The Senate Likes DNA Too!
Bioephemera - Apr 25, 2008
Genetic Discrimination Bill Expected to Pass
USA Today - Apr 24, 2008
Genetic Scientists Anticipate U.S. Senate Passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
Medical News Today - Apr 24, 2008
Senate OK’s Protection for Genetic Data
Health Data Management - Apr 24, 2008
Brooklyn Public Library Partners with Medgar Evers College to Add a Special Twist to National DNA Day
U.S. State News/CUNY Newswire - Apr 24, 2008
Senate Expected to Pass Genetic Discrimination Bill
Associated Press - Apr 24, 2008
Health Highlights: Senate to Vote on Genetic Information Bill
Washington Post - Apr 24, 2008
Finally, GINA Gets Her Day
Genetic Genealogist Blog - Apr 24, 2008
ASHG and ACMG Celebrate DNA Day!!! (Newsletter Article) & (Event Photos)
The FASEB Community Newsletter (“9650 Rocks!”) - Apr 2008
The Next Generation’s Perception of Genetic Testing
Eye on DNA - Apr 17, 2008
Essay Contest Reveals Misconceptions of High School Students in Genetics Content
The Genetic Genealogist - Apr 16, 2008
Study: Some Students Confused by Genetics
United Press International (UPI) - Apr 15, 2008
Misunderstanding Science
TinyFlame.Blogspot.com - Apr 14, 2008
The Gap Is Widening on Genetic Testing,
too
The American Journal of Bioethics
Blog - Apr 14, 2008
Study Demonstrates that Misconceptions About Genetics Remain Prevalent in U.S. Science Classrooms
Health News Digest - Apr 11, 2008
More on the Need for Science Education
Women’s Bioethics Blog - Apr 11, 2008
Ge-what-ics?: Nation's Teenagers
The Scientist - Apr 9, 2008
Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests - Good or Evil?
Eye on DNA - Apr 4, 2008
SSRI-Sensitivity Gene Tests for
Consumers Called “Misleading”
MedPage Today - Apr 3, 2008
New PMC Clinical Science Committee
Announced
Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC)
Newsletter - Apr 2, 2008
Ask Questions Before Buying a Genetic
Test Home Kit
Atlanta Journal-Constitution -
Mar 23, 2008
Key Internet Genetics Resources for the Clinician
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) - Mar 19, 2008
Lifetime Award in Genetics Presented to
Peter H. Byers by March Of Dimes
Medical News Today - Mar 16, 2008
Ready for Her Close-Up: An Interview
with Elaine Strass (ASHG Executive
Director)
PLoS Genetics - Feb 29, 2008
Social Responsibility: The Power of
Associations to Make the World a Better
Place
Association Conventions & Facilities
Magazine - Feb/Mar 2008
Genetic Experts Slam DNA Ancestry
Testing
The Australian News - Jan 31,
2008
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Professor Receives Genetics Education
Excellence Award
Case Western Reserve University News
- Jan 29, 2008
Deoxyribonucleic Artist: Local Artist
Creates Personal Portraits as Unique as
Your DNA
The Minnesota Daily - Jan 24,
2008
The New England Journal of Medicine
Gives Direct-to-Consumer Genome Scans
Thumbs Down
Eye on DNA - Jan 10, 2008
Interview with Muin Khoury (CDC) on
Personal Genomics Services Being Offered
Directly to Consumers
The New England Journal of Medicine
- Jan 10, 2008
Chromosome Abnormalities Raise Risk for
Autism
U.S. News & World Report/HealthDay
News - Jan 9, 2008
Interview with ASHG Member Dr. Mark Daly
About His Research On Autism and Chromosome
Abnormalities
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
- Jan 9, 2008
Genetic Genealogy from Around the Web
The Genetic Genealogist - Jan 7,
2008
New Survey Supports Evolution, But Critics Disagree
CNSnews.com - Jan 3, 2008
Evolution Education Is a 'Must' Says Coalition of Scientific and Teaching Organizations
ScienceDaily News - Jan 3, 2008
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
Sandwalk - Jan 3, 2008
American Society of Human Genetics
(ASHG) Statement on Direct-to-Consumer
Genetic Testing
Eye on DNA - Jan 2, 2008
A DNA Portrait Reveals More Than What
You Look Like
Minnesota Public Radio "All Things
Considered" -
Jan 2, 2008
1,100 Genetic Tests for Depression to Cardiovascular Disease
Bioethics International - Dec 29, 2007
Gene-Test Marketing Raises Public Health
Fears
MedPage Today - Dec 27, 2007
Dr. Chakravarti, Dr. Krishnan Elected to
Institute of Medicine
India Abroad, New York Edition
- Dec 13, 2007
Can a DNA Home Test Help Predict Your
Health?
MSNBC - Dec 11, 2007
Broadening Genetic Tests in the Consumer
Market
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
News (GEN) - Dec 1, 2007
Staff, Meeting Attendees Rally in Wake
of San Diego Area Fires
PCMA Convene Magazine - Dec 2007
Artist Gives Expression to Science
Star-Tribune - Nov 27, 2007
Setting the Record Straight on DNA
The Commercial Appeal - Nov 17,
2007
Convention Center Hosts Trio of Major
Medical Shows
San Diego Convention Center (SDCC)
News - Nov 6, 2007
Study Points to Telomere Length as
Predictor of CC
Cancer Drug News - Nov 5, 2007
Final Update from San Diego
San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau /
SDCC - Nov 1, 2007
A Thick Head of Hair Is in the Genes
ScienceNOW Daily News - Nov 1,
2007
Letter to the Editor from the SDCC Board
Chair
The San Diego Union-Tribune - Oct
31, 2007
San Diego “Open for Business”
MeetingsNet - Oct 30, 2007
Francis S. Collins Wins Presidential
Medal of Freedom, Presented by President
Bush
NIH Record - Oct 29, 2007
San Diego Convention Center Open for
Business; Staff, Attendees Mobilize in
Wake of Fires
PR Newswire - Oct 27, 2007
Tourism Industry Says County Ready for
More Visitors
San Diego Union-Tribune - Oct 24,
2007
Red Cross; Many Evacuees Staying with Friends, Hotels
CNN.com - Oct 24, 2007
Statement by City of San Diego Mayor
Jerry Sanders to Convention Center
Attendees, Exhibitors and Event
Organizers
SDCC News - Oct 24, 2007
Donations, Volunteers Help Fire Refugees
United Press International (UPI) - Oct 23, 2007
Medscape Medical News Conference
Coverage: American Society of Human
Genetics 57th Annual Meeting
Medscape Medical News - Oct 2007
American Society of Human Genetics Steps
Up to Help San Diego Fight Fires
EXPO Web - Oct 2007
San Diego Thanks You for Your Support
During the October 2007 Wildfires
SDCC Corp. - Oct 2007
Genetics Hold Promise, Challenges for Cancer Care
Medicine.Net/HealthDay News - Sept 16, 2007
Conference Planner 2008
Genome Technology - Sept 2007
Cathy Greco, Science Teacher, Chosen to
Participate in Geneticist-Educator
Network of Alliances (GENA) Project
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Aug 30,
2007
DNA from the Dead: DNA Banking is Legal,
but is it Ethical? (Part II)
The Genetic Genealogist Blog -
Aug 29, 2007
American Society of Human Genetics
Releases Policy Statement on
Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing
Genetics & Public Policy Center -
Aug 15, 2007
American Society of Human Genetics
Speaks Out on DTC Testing
Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine
and You - Aug 7, 2007
Two Mothers Reach Out to Others with
Disorders
The Oregonian - Jul 29, 2007
Maynard Olson Receives $500,000 Gruber
Genetics Prize and Turns to Bacterial
Evolution in our Bodies
Gruber Foundation - Jul 28, 2007
2007 National DNA Day Essay Finalist
Bergen County Technical Schools News - Jul 16, 2007
Human Genome Would Have Been an Impossible Jigsaw Puzzle Without the Work of Maynard Olson
Medical News Today - July 11, 2007
Cell Press Announces New Partnership
with the American Society of Human
Genetics
Medical News Today - Jun 14,
2007
Student News Round-Up and Awards
National DNA Day Essay Contest Winner
Detroit Free Press - May 13, 2007
National DNA Day Commemorates Completion
of Human Genome Project
NIH News - Apr 25, 2007
Fifth National DNA Day to Showcase
Genomic Discoveries and Careers
NIH News - Mar 26, 2007
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