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Tobacco, Alcohol Use Contributors Uncovered With Multi-Ancestry GWAS

Researchers unearthed more than 3,800 tobacco or alcohol use-related variants using data for 3.4 million participants from four ancestry groups.

Alcohol Abuse Genetic Study Implicates Additional Variants in Risk of Problem Drinking

A genome-wide meta-analysis involving more than 435,000 individuals also linked problematic alcohol use with other substance abuse and psychiatric disorders.

Study Identifies Loci Associated With Alcohol Consumption, Explores Links to Other Conditions

A genome-wide association study uncovered six loci associated with heavy drinking and additional analysis found ties to other conditions including lung cancer.

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Mayo Clinic to Study Pharmacogenomics of Alcoholism Treatment

The partners are working under NIAAA grants to identify genetic markers to help predict response to the drug acamprosate, which is used as a treatment for alcoholism.

Adial Pharmaceuticals, Eurofins Scientific Partner on CDx for Alcohol Use Disorder Drug

Eurofins Scientific will help Adial validate a companion diagnostic for a drug being developed and identify patients for enrollment into a Phase III trial.

Jan 15, 2019

Hundreds of Genetic Variants Implicated in Tobacco, Alcohol Use

Feb 8, 2018

Brain Transcriptome Distinctions, Overlaps Characterized in Neuropsychiatric Conditions

Oct 25, 2017

Overlapping Alcohol Dependence, Major Depression Risk Locus Detected

Jul 7, 2015

Affymetrix, BioRealm, RUCDR Ally to Genotype NIDA Biobank

Dec 5, 2014

U of Texas Transcriptome Study Reveals Gene Networks Related to Alcoholism
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May 20, 2014

Researchers Link Panel of Genes to Alcoholism Risk

Nov 22, 2013

Combined GWAS, Protein Network Analysis Reveals Genes Contributing to Alcohol Dependence

Nov 11, 2013

NIH to Commit $7.5M for Alcoholism Risk Genetics Project

Oct 10, 2013

Tekmira Adds HBV to Pipeline, Aims to Move Drug into Clinic in '14
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Aug 30, 2013

NIH to Fund Projects Focused on Genetic, Epigenetic Basis of Drug and Alcohol Co-addiction

Oct 25, 2012

NIAAA to Fund Brain Bank Center for Alcohol Studies

Mar 12, 2012

International Partners to Seek Genes Involved in Cirrhosis

Mar 1, 2012

Tekmira Expands Pipeline, Extends Cash Runway into 2013
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Dec 2, 2011

Rutgers Lands $10M for Alcoholism Genetics and Behavior Study

Jul 22, 2011

NIH to Fund Substance Use Gene-Environment Studies

Mar 28, 2011

NIH to Fund DNA Data, Sample Storage

Sep 3, 2010

NIAAA Provides $2.5M in SBIR and STTR Funding for Research Into Biomarkers of Alcohol Use
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Aug 30, 2010

NIH to Fund Research on Alcohol-related Biomarkers

May 26, 2010

UC Berkeley Fends off DTC Genomics Critics; Other Schools Mull Genetic Tests as Educational Tools
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Apr 29, 2009

VCU Opens Molecular Medicine Research Center

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Self-Reported Hearing Loss in Older Adults Begins Very Early in Life, Study Says

A JAMA Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery study says polygenic risk scores associated with hearing loss in older adults is also associated with hearing decline in younger groups.

Genome-Wide Analysis Sheds Light on Genetics of ADHD

A genome-wide association study meta-analysis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder appearing in Nature Genetics links 76 genes to risk of having the disorder.

MicroRNA Cotargeting Linked to Lupus

A mouse-based study appearing in BMC Biology implicates two microRNAs with overlapping target sites in lupus.

Enzyme Involved in Lipid Metabolism Linked to Mutational Signatures

In Nature Genetics, a Wellcome Sanger Institute-led team found that APOBEC1 may contribute to the development of the SBS2 and SBS13 mutational signatures in the small intestine.