Spotlight: Genome-wide Association Studies: Public Health Impact

Genomics|Update|Current

Volume 31   Number 5   August 1 - August 8, 2013

Spotlight: Genome-wide Association Studies: Public Health Impact

CDC blog post: Public health impact of genomewide association studies: Glass half full or half empty?
Bringing genome-wide association findings into clinical use.
Teri A. Manolio. Nat Rev Genetics, July 2013

GWAS Series: In the past 2 years genome-wide association studies in humans have revealed dozens of disease-associated loci, Nature Rev Genetics
Did you know? There are more than 9000 specific gene-disease associations reported in genomewide association studies. To find out more, visit the HuGE Navigator
Check out the GWAS Catalog at the National Human Genome Research Institute