Categoría: Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Newborn screening for phenylketonuria began in the United States in the early 1960s, and it expanded one disease at a time until the development of tandem mass spectrometry. This technology allowed for screening many conditions simultaneously, but its …

Breast cancer is a major public health burden that disproportionately affects women of African descent. Substantial progress has been made in understanding the genetic and biological drivers of breast cancer worldwide. However, this knowledge is uneven…

As the field of genomics and human genetics continues to push our understanding of disease and biodiversity through an ever-increasing pool of genomic data, it is critical to consider the social, ethical, and legal implications of using such data. This…

Social and behavioral scientists increasingly work with geneticists or adapt the methods of genetic research to investigate genomic variation in a wide variety of behavioral and social phenotypes. Using genome-wide association studies, these social and…