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Adding common genetic variants to breast cancer risk models offers only small benefit
For immediate release: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Boston, MA— Scientists report that breast cancer risk assessment models, which predict a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer, do not perform substantially better when they include common inherited genetic variants…
HSPH-led team discovers protective cellular process in ALS disease in mice, hinting at new therapeutic approach
Boston, MA -- When Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) scientists disabled a specific protein in mice that were genetically prone to develop ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), they expected -- based on previous work -- to hasten the…
Study finding genetic links to age of first menstrual period and menopause may add to prevention efforts against cancer, osteoporosis, and heart disease
Boston, MA -- Newly identified gene variants associated with the age at which females experience their first menstrual period and the onset of menopause may help shed light on the prevention of breast and endometrial cancer, osteoporosis, and…
Our world our challenge
March 2009 -- Explore HSPH's contribution to environmental health science -- from protecting workers from toxic exposures to investigating the subtler health impacts of air pollution -- through interviews and footage of faculty and students in the Department…
Newly identified genetic variants found to increase breast cancer risk
Boston, MA -- A large-scale effort to identify genetic markers of breast cancer has uncovered two common genetic variants that increase risk of the disease in women of European ancestry. The paper, published in advance online in Nature…
How genes and environmental forces raise cancer risk
[ Fall 2008 ] Monica Ter-Minassian is scouring the genome for time bombs. Using gene-reading technology and analytic techniques, this Harvard School of Public Health doctoral student is on the hunt for subtle variations in human DNA that might help…
Genetic variants associated with vitamin B12
For immediate release: September 7, 2008 Boston, MA - Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and their collaborators at Tufts University and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have identified a common genetic influence on B12…
Researchers answer troublesome question of why some genetic association studies have failed replication attempts
For immediate release: Thursday, April 3, 2008 Boston, MA - A team of researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), and elsewhere have described a possible reason why some studies have been…
Newly identified gene variants associated with prostate cancer risk
Q&A with Co-author David Hunter of Harvard School of Public Health on Genome Scans and Pitfalls of Personal Profiling For Immediate Release: Sunday, February 10, 2008 Boston, MA - Three studies were published today on the advance online…
Genetic profiling
David Hunter, Vincent L. Gregory Professor in Cancer Prevention and the Director of the Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, discusses the downsides of the growing popularity of personal genetic profiling. (January 2008, 5:41) Please click the player icon…