PNB Genetics News & Research
Genetic Studies Yield New Insights into Obesity
By Dr. Francis Collins
The National Institutes of Health
February 19, 2015
Today, we hear a great deal about which foods to eat and which to avoid ... Read more »
Your genes help determine how much money you save
By Matt Phillips
Quartz
February 25, 2015
Economists have long theorized about why people save. The most-famous theory, the so-called “life-cycle” theory of savings put forward by ... Read more »
Epigenetic modification of the oxytocin receptor gene influences the perception of anger and fear in the human brain
Meghan H. Puglia, Travis S. Lillard, James P. Morris, and Jessica J. Connelly
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of ... Read more »
Digital Multimedia A New Approach for Informed Consent?
By Alan R. Tait & Terri Voepel-Lewis
JAMA
Vol. 313, No. 5
2015
This Viewpoint discusses use of digital multimedia as a strategy to enhance study participants’ understanding ... Read more »
What adolescents enrolled in genomic addiction research want to know about conflicts of interest
By Marilyn E. Coors, Kristen M. Raymond, Shannon K. McWilliams, Christian J. Hopfer, and Susan K. Mikulich-Gilbertson
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 147, February 2015
Abstract
Perspectives of ... Read more »
“Autisms” a More Appropriate Term than “Autism,” Geneticists Say
By Will Boggs
Scientific American
January 26, 2015
"There are so many different genetic forms of autism that using the singular term, autism, is misleading, researchers say..."
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Foreseeable Risks? Informed Consent for Studies within the Standard of Care
By Chana A. Sacks and Celestine E. Warren
New England Journal of Medicine
2015
The Office for Human Research Protections has drafted guidelines on disclosing reasonably foreseeable ... Read more »
More Differences Than Similarities Are Found in Autistic Siblings
By Benedict Carey
January 26, 2015
The New York Times
"Most siblings with a diagnosis of autism do not share the same genetic risk factors for the ... Read more »
Genetic testing preferences in families containing multiple individuals with epilepsy
By: Janice O. Okeke, Virginia E. Tangel, Shawn T. Sorge, Dale C. Hesdorffer, Melodie R. Winawer, Jeff Goldsmith6, Jo C. Phelan, Wendy K. Chung, ... Read more »
Bioethics Issue on Prenatal Screening
Bioethics
January 2015
Volume 29, Issue 1
This issue of Bioethics features a robust discussion of the ethical issues in prenatal genetic testing.
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