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State-offered ethnically targeted reproductive genetic testing

By Ellen Wright Clayton & Kyle B. Brothers Genetics in Medicine 2015 In this issue, Zlotogora et al. report on a program that involves state-offered carrier screening ... Read more »

Parents are interested in newborn genomic testing during the early postpartum period

Susan E. Waisbren et al. Genetics in Medicine 2015 Abstract Purpose: We surveyed parents to ascertain interest in newborn genomic testing and determine whether these queries would provoke ... Read more »

Mothers’ guilt responses to children’s obesity risk feedback

By Susan Persky, Colleen M. McBride, Myles S. Faith, Laura K. Wagner, & Dianne S. Ward Journal of Health Psychology May 2015 Abstract This study explored the influence ... Read more »

23andMe: The Ethics of Genetic Testing for Neurodegenerative Diseases

By Liana Meffert The Neuroethics Blog June 2, 2015 "The face of genetic testing and counseling is in the midst of a major overhaul. Historically, a patient ... Read more »

Infidelity Lurks in Your Genes

By Richard A. Freidman New York Times Sunday Review May 22, 2015 "AMERICANS disapprove of marital infidelity. Ninety-one percent of them find it morally wrong, more than ... Read more »

Meta-analysis of the heritability of human traits based on fifty years of twin studies

By: Polderman et al. Nature Genetics May 18, 2015 Abstract Despite a century of research on complex traits in humans, the relative importance and specific nature of ... Read more »

Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Neuroticism, and the Polygenic Association With Major Depressive Disorder

By: Genetics of Personality Consortium JAMA Psychiatry May 20, 2015 ABSTRACT Importance Neuroticism is a pervasive risk factor for psychiatric conditions. It genetically overlaps with major depressive ... Read more »

Human Genome Project: history and assessment

By Hub Zwart International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences 2nd ed. Oxford Elsevier, 311-317. 2015 The Human Genome Project (HGP) has been hailed as an ... Read more »

Genetics in child and adolescent psychiatry: methodological advances and conceptual issues

By: Sarah Hohmann, Nicoletta Adamo, Benjamin B. Lahey, Stephen V. Faraone, & Tobias Banaschewski European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry April 2015 Abstract Discovering the genetic basis of early-onset ... Read more »

Excess of runs of homozygosity is associated with severe cognitive impairment in intellectual disability

By: Ilaria Gandin et al. Genetics in Medicine 2015 Abstract Purpose: The harmful effects of inbreeding are well known by geneticists, and several studies have already reported cases ... Read more »
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