PNB Genetics News & Research
The genetics of impulsivity: evidence for the heritability of delay discounting
By: Andrey P. Anokhinemail, Julia D. Grant, Richard C. Mulligan, Andrew C. Heath
Biological Psychiatry
November 6, 2014
Abstract
Background
Delay discounting (DD), a decline in the subjective value ... Read more »
Familial Recurrence of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evaluating Genetic and Environmental Contributions
By: Neil Risch, Thomas J. Hoffmann, Meredith Anderson, Lisa A. Croen, Judith K. Grether, Gayle C. Windham
American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 171 Issue 11 ... Read more »
Newborn Screening: Complexities in Universal Genetic Testing
Nancy S. Green, MD, Siobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH, and Thomas H. Murray, PhD
American Journal of Public Health
ABSTRACT
Newborn screening (NBS)—in which each newborn infant ... Read more »
Serving epigenetics before its time
By Eric T. Juengst, Jennifer R. Fishman, Michelle L. McGowan, and
Richard A. Settersten Jr.
Trends in Genetics, Cell Press
Volume 30, Issue 10 pp 427-29
October 2014
Society ... Read more »
The height of folly: are the causes of stature numerous but at least ‘finite’?
By Ken Weiss
The Mermaid's Tale
In 1926, geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan wrote this about stature:
A man may be tall because he has long legs, or ... Read more »
Principles of Psychiatric Genetics
Edited by John I. Nurnberger Jr. and Wade H. Berrettini
Reviewed by Ming T. Tsuang amd Joyce van de Leemput
American Journal of Psychiatry
Vol. 171, No. ... Read more »
Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing A Randomized Clinical Trial
By Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH; Sherri Pena, MS; Judith T. Bishop, CNM; Sanae Nakagawa, MA; Steven E. Gregorich, PhD; Anita Sit, MD; Juan Vargas, ... Read more »
Bad news for “intelligence-genes”
By Johanna Ahola-Launonen
Practical Ethics
Ethics in the News
September 29, 2014
Intelligence and its heritability has been a popular topic in scientific communities and public discussions for ... Read more »
Toward a Jurisprudence of Psychiatric Evidence: Examining the Challenges of Reasoning from Group Data in Psychiatry to Individual Decisions in the Law
By Carl E. Fisher, David L. Faigman, & Paul S. Appelbaum
UC Hastings Research Paper No. 110
August 17, 2014
Abstract
Psychiatry is an applied science. It ... Read more »
Gatekeepers or Intermediaries? The Role of Clinicians in Commercial Genomic Testing
Michelle L. McGowan, Jennifer R. Fishman, Richard A. Settersten, Jr., Marcie A. Lambrix, and Eric T. Juengst
PLOS One
ABSTRACT
Background
Many commentators on “direct-to-consumer” genetic risk information ... Read more »
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