News

  • Jan 2015

    Exploring the Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

    An article titled “Tracking the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Through Its Genes” (Smithsonian.com, August 2014) highlights the efforts of the Broad Institute at Harvard University to track the spread of the Ebola virus using genetic detective work.

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  • Oct 2014

    Coriell Scientists Attend Genetics Summit

    A group of Coriell scientists traveled to San Diego in October and represented the Institute at the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting.

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  • Jul 2014

    Widespread Genetic Variation Affects Regulation of Human Genes

    Using samples from 5 populations from the 1000 Genomes Project, a European research consortium used RNA-Seq to map cis-quantitative trait loci to the transcriptome of

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  • Jul 2014

    Identification of Rare Variants Linked to Increased Risk for Lung Cancer

    An international consortium of research scientists used results from the 1000 Genomes Project to identify rare variants

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