Institute for Human Genetics in the News

Kaiser, UCSF awarded $25 million from NIH to build resource for genetic research

Researchers Probe Links Between Modern Humans and Neanderthals

Researchers restore missing protein in rare genetic brain disorder

First human gene implicated in regulating length of human sleep

Mutation Tied to Need for Less Sleep Is Discovered

Brain Cancer Linked to Inherited Genetic Risk

Perfect pitch study offers window into influences of nature and nurture

Depression Gene Risk Doubted

What Makes us Human?

Gene Found in Sudden Sleep Disorder Implicates the Immune System

Lung Cancer Now Is the Focus of Powerful Genetics Research

Search for Genetic Clues to Breast Cancer in Hispanic Women

Genes and Environment in Parkinson’s Disease: A Conversation with Robert Nussbaum

Family Trees: A Conversation with Physician-Scientist Esteban Burchard

Licking Lupus: A Conversation with Physician-Researcher Lindsey Criswell

Mice or Men? How Important Is Conserved DNA? A Conversation with Geneticist Nadav Ahituv

Skin Cancer Scientist Sees Ray of Hope: A Conversation with James Cleaver

Changing the Face of Costello Syndrome

Long-Anticipated Gene Search Technique Is Now Powerfully Real