New insights on genes and diseases
A person who is genetically at increased risk for developing the eating disorder anorexia appears to also have a slightly increased genetic risk for schizophrenia, but a slightly decreased genetic risk for obesity, according to a new genetic…
Probing genes for disease risk
December 5, 2014 -- New research by Alkes Price, associate professor of statistical genetics at Harvard School of Public Health, and colleagues focuses on new approaches to characterizing and identifying genetic factors in complex disease. What’s the basic…
HSPH, Dana-Farber host sixth annual quantitative genomics conference
November 27, 2012 -- What does genome-wide analysis reveal about complex human traits? What’s the best way to design and analyze gene-sequencing studies? These were some of the questions addressed at the sixth annual PQG (Program in Quantitative…
HSPH study suggests natural selection at work in certain disease-related genes
September 29, 2011 A new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers implies that, among three closely related African-ancestry populations, natural selection is at work in genes related to malaria and bladder and gastric cancers.…
New research reveals the ancestral populations of India and their relationships to modern groups
International effort is the first genome-scale analysis of diverse Indian groups For immediate release: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Hyderabad, India; Cambridge and Boston, USA--In a study published in the September 24th issue of Nature, an international team describes…