News Archives
Below are some articles in the news featuring IHG research. Please feel free to contact us with articles to highlight, whether they are from the past or are current.
2018 in the news
UCSF Names First-Ever Chief Genomics Officer
UCSF | April 12, 2018
Aleksandar Rajkovic featured
2017 in the news
New Genetic Models of Autism Point to Cellular Roots of Disease
UCSF | December 5, 2017
Lauren Weiss featured
The Mysterious 98%: Scientists Look to Shine Light on Our Dark Genome
UCSF | February 2, 2017
Nadav Ahituv and Yin Shen featured
Genetic Risk Factors for Autism, MS and Other Diseases Differ Between the Sexes
UCSF | January 23, 2017
Lauren Weiss featured
Autism Risk May Arise from Sex-Specific Traits
Scientific American | January 16, 2017
Lauren Weiss featured
2016 in the news
Electronic Records Help Link Genes to Age-Related Hearing Loss
UCSF | October 20, 2016
Thomas Hoffman and Neil Risch featured
Diversity Champions Honored with 2016 Chancellor Diversity Awards
UCSF | October 17, 2016
Lauren Weiss featured
2015 in the news
What Genes Tell Us About Sleep
TedX Thacher School | November 25, 2015
Ying-Hui Fu featured
2 UCSF Researchers Named 2015 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
UCSF | November 24, 2015
Louis Ptáček featured
Human Genetics Symposium Honors Y.W. Kan’s Contributions
UCSF | November 5, 2015
Y.W. Kan and Neil Risch featured
The Social Face of Genetics at the American Society of Human Genetics Meeting
Bio-IT World | October 14, 2015
Neil Risch featured
Esteban Burchard Named to Expert Panel for Obama’s Precision Medicine Plan
UCSF | March 31, 2015
Esteban Burchard featured
Kaiser to look for autism’s causes in large-scale study
San Francisco Chronicle | March 31, 2015
Neil Risch featured
2014 in the news
School of Medicine Irene Perstein Award
UCSF School of Medicine | November 1, 2014
Sharon Chung featured
Genetic variant helps protect Latinas from breast cancer
SF Gate | October 22, 2014
Laura Fejerman and Elad Ziv featured
Genetic Variant May Shield Latinas From Breast Cancer
The New York Times | October 20, 2014
Laura Fejerman and Elad Ziv featured
DNA Said To Protect Hispanic Women From Breast Cancer
The Wall Street Journal | October 20, 2014
Laura Fejerman and Elad Ziv featured
Kaiser Permanente’s Genetic Database Is Boon To Medical Research
Bloomberg Business Week | September 25, 2014
Neil Risch featured
Better Information About Prenatal Testing Leads To Fewer Tests
UCSF | September 24, 2014
Miriam Kuppermann and Mary Norton featured
Gene Behind Rare Birth Abnormality Is a Window on Evolution
UCSF | July 30, 2014
Ophir Klein featured
UCSF-Kaiser Permanente Collaboration in SF Business Times
SF Business Times | February 26, 2014
Neil Risch featured
2013 in the news
PMWC 2014 Silicon Valley Honors YW Kan with New “Pioneer” Award at Annual Conference
PRWeb | November 24, 2013
Y.W. Kan featured
What’s a BRCA Gene Anyway?
KQED | May 13, 2013
Bob Nussbaum featured
DNA Project Aims to Make Public a Company’s Data on Cancer Genes
New York Times | April 12, 2013
Bob Nussbaum featured
Researchers Aim to Unlock Genetic Data Goldmine
PBS New Hour | March 12, 2013
Pui Kwok and Neil Risch featured
How Well Do You Know Your DNA?
PBS News Hour | March 12, 2013
Neil Risch featured
2012 in the news
Saliva samples aid genetics research
San Francisco Chronicle | November 20, 2012
Pui-Yan Kwok and Neil Risch featured
Value of Genomics and Personalized Medicine Is Wrongly Downplayed
UCSF | April 16, 2012
Neil Risch featured
In Autism, Gene Findings May Help Explain Biology and Guide Drug Discovery
UCSF | February 6, 2012
Lauren Weiss featured
2011 in the news
UCSF-Led Team Discovers Cause of Rare Disease
UCSF | December 16, 2011
Louis Ptáček featured
Stem Cell and Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell and other Genetic Diseases
UCSF | December 13, 2011
Y.W. Kan featured
Experts Discuss Personalized Medicine and Gene Discoveries in Disease at Genetics Symposium
UCSF | October 7, 2011
Featuring IHG research and review of IHG Symposium
New Asthma Risk Gene Emerges from Study of Diverse Populations
UCSF | August 16, 2011
Esteban Burchard featured
Major Genetic Study of Multiple Sclerosis Reveals DNA Hot Spots of Disease Susceptibility
UCSF | August 12, 2011
Jorge Oksenberg and Stephen Hauser featured
UCSF and Kaiser Permanente Complete Massive Genotyping Project
UCSF | July 21, 2011
Pui-Yan Kwok and Neil Risch featured
Study Debunks Autism as a Primarily Genetic Disorder
UCSF | July 6, 2011
Neil Risch featured
Autism: New Findings
KQED | July 5, 2011
Neil Risch featured
Newborn Screening for Deadly Immune Disorder SCID Possible Due to UCSF Research
UCSF | March 21, 2011
Jennifer Puck featured
2010 in the news
Genetic Ancestry Data Improve Diagnosis in Asthma and Lung Disease
UCSF | July 7, 2010
Esteban Burchard featured
In Brain Cancer, Unique Genetic and “Epigenetic” Profile Means Better Odds
UCSF | December 15, 2010
Margaret Wrensch featured
Teeth Earn Starring Role in Field of Regenerative Medicine
UCSF | November 11, 2010
Ophir Klein featured
Genetics Research Accelerates Pace of Knowledge Gains
UC Health | November 2, 2010
IHG Symposium featured
What Makes Us Human? Studies of Chimp and Human DNA May Tell Us
UCSF | June 28, 2010
Kathryn Pollard featured
From Californians’ DNA, a Giant Genome Project
UCSF | May 29, 2010
Pui-Yan Kwok featured
At-Home Genetics Tests
KQED | May 21, 2010
Esteban Burchard interviewed
UCSF transgenic mouse mimics Parkinson’s earliest symptoms
UCSF | May 3, 2010
Robert Nussbaum featured
MS study suggests key role of environmental factor in the disease
UCSF | April 28, 2010
Stephen Hauser and Jorge Oksenberg featured
Speaker Pelosi Hears Economic Stimulus Success Stories at UCSF
UCSF | February 29, 2010
Neil Risch featured
Gene family found to play key role in early stages of development
UCSF | January 25, 2010
Anthony Wynshaw-Boris featured
Periodic paralysis study reveals gene causing disorder
UCSF | January 7, 2010
Louis Ptacek featured
2009 in the news
UCSF awarded $25 million from NIH to build resource for genetic research
UCSF | October 13, 2009
Pui-Yan Kwok featured
Researchers restore missing protein in rare genetic brain disorder
UCSF | September 7, 2009
Anthony Wynshaw-Boris featured
Researchers Probe Links Between Modern Humans and Neanderthals
UCSF | September 4, 2009
Jeff Wall featured
First human gene implicated in regulating length of human sleep
Science News | August 14, 2009
Ying-Hui Fu featured
Mutation Tied to Need for Less Sleep Is Discovered
New York TImes | August 13, 2009
Ying-Hui Fu featured
Brain Cancer Linked to Inherited Genetic Risk
UCSF | July 5, 2009
Margaret Wrensch featured
Perfect pitch study offers window into influences of nature and nurture
UCSF | July 2, 2009
Jane Gitschier featured
Depression Gene Risk Doubted
UCSF | June 16, 2009
Neil Risch featured
Gene Found in Sudden Sleep Disorder Implicates the Immune System
UCSF | May 18, 2009
Neil Risch featured
What Makes us Human?
Scientific American | May 1, 2009
Katherine Pollard featured
Lung Cancer Now Is the Focus of Powerful Genetics Research
UCSF | February 4, 2009
Allan Balmain featured
UCSF researchers use new tools to move in on cancer susceptibility genes
UCSF | January 12, 2009
Allan Balmain featured
2008 in the news
Search for Genetic Clues to Breast Cancer in Hispanic Women
UCSF | December 8, 2008
Laura Fejerman featured
Genes and Environment in Parkinson’s Disease: A Conversation with Robert Nussbaum
UCSF | November 6, 2008
Robert Nussbaum featured
2007 in the news
Family Trees: A Conversation with Physician-Scientist Esteban Burchard
UCSF | November 9, 2007
Esteban Burchard featured
Licking Lupus: A Conversation with Physician-Researcher Lindsey Criswell
UCSF | October 12, 2007
Lindsey Criswell featured
Mice or Men? How Important Is Conserved DNA? A Conversation with Geneticist Nadav Ahituv
UCSF | October 5, 2007
Nadav Ahituv featured
Skin Cancer Scientist Sees Ray of Hope: A Conversation with James Cleaver
UCSF | August 3, 2007
James Cleaver featured
Changing the Face of Costello Syndrome
UCSF | June 29, 2007
Katherine Rauen featured
Long-Anticipated Gene Search Technique Is Now Powerfully Real
UCSF | June 5, 2007
John Witte featured