Category Archives: Human Genetics

JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: understanding the connections between human genetics and schizophrenia. Its part of our series on the science of the brain. Tonight, we look at a study published this week, the largest ever of schizophrenia patients. There are more than three million of them in the U.S. The study found that perhaps more than 100 genes were associated with the condition. Genetics has long been assumed to play a role. But for the first time, researchers found genes in the immune system are among those involved. Patients have long awaited better treatments. Dr. Steven Hyman is the director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. His center was involved in this study. And I spoke with him yesterday. Dr. Steven Hyman, welcome to the NewsHour. First of all, tell us what it is like to have schizophrenia. We know that something like three million Americans suffer from this. DR. STEVEN HYMAN, Broad Institute: Thats right. It affects about 1 percent of people worldwide, including the United States. And what patients experience is extremely distressing and also disabling. There are three kinds of symptoms. Most famously, people have what are called … Continue reading →

2014 ASHG Annual Meeting Schedule Overview An overview of the American Society of Human Genetics 2014 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, Oct. 18-22, 2014. This video serves as an introduction to the various types of scientific... By: HumanGeneticsSociety … Continue reading →

Campaign groups said the practice was unethical and warned that it could make it difficult for children to develop a healthy sense of identity and throw up contentious legal dilemmas, should DNA donors want to contact youngsters in the future. The procedure has not been sufficiently thought through from an ethical perspective, said Dr Calum MacKellar, Director of Research of the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics. The egg donor mother or the embryo donor parents, who participated in bringing this child into existence, may eventually also want to have parent-child relationships. In this case there are actually three or four biological parents who would all have special bonds with the prospective child. Dr David King, director of Human Genetics Alert added: "The decision not to let children find out about their mitochondrial donor mother is part of the strategy of the techniques' proponents to minimise the significance of the mitochondrial DNA. "Like much of the rest of the scientific claims about these techniques, statements that mitochondrial DNA does not affect the child's characteristics or identity, that mitochondria are 'just batteries' etc, are nonsense. "Considering that these genes would be the ones that allow the child to have a healthy life, … Continue reading →

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Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise How close is genomics to showing us how the human brain evolved? Recently three geneticists at the forefront of human evolutionary genomics joined a discussion on how new technologies and data are changing the nature of their work, and may prove game-changers for understanding the brain's evolution. (The full discussion is available at http://www.kavlifoundation.org, or http://bitly.com/1mBxNNq) One of the keys to their excitement: the massive amounts of new genomic data that is deepening our understanding of the brain, and in ways previously unattainable. We have so much genomic data now that one can compare at an unprecedented level of detail the genomes of humans with several other primate species to see what's really different, said James Sikela, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. That's a huge new element to the whole story that allows one to find specific genetic changes that are unique to humans, and go from there to explore the impact of those changes on the brain, behavior and cognition. New technologies are also allowing neuroscientists to test their ideas about what make the human brain unique in the lab. Were in … Continue reading →

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Consistent with its strategy to expand in the growing non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) market in Europe, leading life sciences company Illumina Inc. ( ILMN ) has entered into three separate partnership agreements. The company announced that, per the terms of the respective deals, Biomnis, Genoma, and the Center for Human Genetics and Laboratory Diagnostics Martinsrieduse will use Illumina's HiSeq 2500 and consumables in order to develop and perform NIPT in several locations of Europe. Illumina strongly believes such strategic partnerships will act as a major breakthrough in establishing it as a forerunner in reproductive and genetic health solutions worldwide. This will also strengthen its position as a valued partner for NGS-based testing across a broad range of clinical applications. Through Biomnis, a provider of medical laboratory testing services, NIPT will now be available in France. Biomnis believes, with the access of Illumina's whole genome sequencing, it will be able to deliver its tests with the highest level of accuracy. On the other hand, molecular genetics laboratory Genoma and Munich-based Center for Human Genetics and Laboratory Diagnostics Martinsrieduse will offer NIPT in Italy and Germany respectively. Genoma expects that access to NIPT through its network with the use of Illumina's technology … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise John Maunsell, PhD, a pioneering researcher in the neuroscience of vision and editor-in-chief of the prestigious Journal of Neuroscience, has been appointed inaugural director of the Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior at the University of Chicago. He assumes full-time responsibilities July 1. Founded in part through a gift from University of Chicago Trustee Sanford Grossman, Chairman of QFS Asset Management, LP, the Grossman Institute represents an ambitious, cross-disciplinary approach toward understanding the brain and human behavior. The Institute seeks to foster collaborations and facilitate novel exchanges of ideas between scientists from across the University of Chicagos diverse research strengthsincluding programs in human genetics and evolution, biological and social neuroscience, psychology and sociology, mathematics and economics. It will harness the close integration of research, education and patient care at the Universitys nationally ranked academic medical center and its partnerships with affiliated National Laboratories and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass. With Johns vision, leadership and rigorous training as a quantitative neuroscientist and the Universitys longstanding expertise in fields such as evolutionary genomics, quantitative biology and economics, I am confident that the Grossman Institute will meet the challenge … Continue reading →