Tag: Esteban González Burchard

  • Genetic Ancestry in Lung-Function Predictions New England Journal of Medicine 2010-07-07 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0907897 Rajesh Kumar, M.D. Max A. Seibold, Ph.D. Melinda C. Aldrich, Ph.D., M.P.H. L. Keoki Williams, M.D., M.P.H. Alex P. Reiner, M.D. Laura Colangelo, M.S. Joshua Galanter, M.D. Christopher Gignoux, M.S. Donglei Hu, Ph.D. Saunak Sen, Ph.D. Shweta Choudhry, Ph.D. Edward L. Peterson,…

  • The Importance of Race and Ethnic Background in Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice New England Journal of Medicine 2003-03-20 Volume 348, Number 12 pages 1170-1175 Esteban González Burchard, M.D. Elad Ziv, M.D. Natasha Coyle, Ph.D. Scarlett Lin Gomez, Ph.D. Hua Tang, Ph.D. Andrew J. Karter, Ph.D. Joanna L. Mountain, Ph.D. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. Dean…

  • Genetic screening may redefine medical treatments KGO-TV San Francisco, California 2010-07-07 Carolyn Johnson, Co-Anchor KGO-TV SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — New research out of UCSF [University of California, San Francisco] shows that tracking a patient’s genetic ancestry can improve the diagnosis of asthma and other lung diseases. The results could have broader implications for other diseases…

  • Genetic ancestry data improve diagnosis in asthma and lung disease University of California, San Fransisco News Release 2010-07-07 Kristen Bole Released Jointly by UCSF and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, and National Jewish Health Americans with lung disease may face a far greater level of lung damage than either they or…