Articles by Jeannine Mjoseth, B.A.

December 19, 2017 — NHGRI researchers are studying the link between Parkinson's disease, and a rare disorder, Gaucher disease, by cross-breeding mice with the disease mutations.

November 21, 2017 — As you celebrate Thanksgiving with your family, remember that this special day is also National Family Health History Day.

November 15, 2017 — ASHG members selected Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D., a clinical and molecular geneticist and investigator with NHGRI, as their new president-elect for 2019.

November 07, 2017 — A new study examines why some people grow out of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), while others continue to have symptoms as adults.

October 12, 2017 — Researchers identified regions of the genome associated with skin color variation in some African populations, furthering skin disease and cancer research.

September 15, 2017 — NHGRI researchers and their collaborators, have successfully used facial analysis software to diagnose Noonan syndrome in Africans, Asians and Latin Americans.

August 30, 2017 — Extending noninvasive prenatal screening to all 24 human chromosomes can detect genetic disorders that explain miscarriage and abnormalities during pregnancy.

July 17, 2017 — How well cancer patients fare after chemotherapy can be affected by their social interaction with other patients during treatment.

July 06, 2017 — In 1982, John Carey, M.D., and his colleagues named the rare disease, Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome. Now, researchers have identified the genomic mutations.

June 05, 2017 — American Indians and Alaska Natives IRB training programs at NIH ensure the welfare of people participating in federally regulated research.