PNB Genetics News & Research
Pilot Grants Available – Apply by Sept 15, 2021
Pilot grant awards for Columbia faculty, post-docs, trainees, and graduate students are available, up to a maximum of $40,000. The awards are designed to ... Read more »
CDC, PerkinElmer Readying Molecular SMA Tests as Stakeholders Push for Nationwide Newborn Screening
GenomeWebFeb 23, 2018 | by John Gilmore
While neurologists can potentially diagnose and treat newborn SMA without initial genetic blood tests, clinicians fear that damage may ... Read more »
Parents’ Experiences 12 Years after Newborn Screening for Genetic Susceptibility to Type 1 Diabetes and Their Attitudes to Whole-Genome Sequencing in Newborns
By Nicola Kerruish
Genetics in Medicine
Based on 15 semi-structured interviews with parents of children who had been tested for genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes ... Read more »
Development of a Tiered and Binned Genetic Counseling Model for Informed Consent in the Era of Multiplex Testing for Cancer Susceptibility
By Angela R. Bradbury et al.
Genetics in Medicine
Multiplex genetic testing, including both moderate- and high-penetrance genes for cancer susceptibility, is associated with greater uncertainty ... Read more »
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 »
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