Four in 10 Ashkenazi Jews have cancer-causing gene mutation
The mutation is found in four out of 10 people with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. Out of the 11,000 people tested during the new ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency9 年
New breast cancer stats: What’s an Ashkenazi woman to do?
When even the White House is awash in pink, it’s extremely tempting to put blinders on — especially for Jewish women like me. Ashkenazi Jews face a 1 in 40 chance of having a BRCA mutation ...
来自MSN25 天
Is Justin Baldoni Jewish? Ashkenazi heritage and Baha’i faith
While Baldoni identifies primarily as Baha’i, his mother, Sharon, is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, tracing her roots back to Central and Eastern Europe. According to JewishUnpacked.com ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency1 年
23andMe sued after Ashkenazi Jews’ user data is stolen and sold in targeted attack
It is also unclear why the data was stolen, and whether it is solely focused on Ashkenazi Jews. (The hacker also downloaded a separate file with data on more than 300,000 users with Chinese ancestry.) ...
sdjewishworld4 天
Novel Pits Young Jewish and Arab Lovers Against Societal Prejudices
Love affairs between Arabs and Jews seldom turn out well. In this debut novel by an Israeli Jewish writer, such an affair ...
Nature3 年
Response to ACMG guideline: Carrier screening in individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish decent
Reply to letter from Levy-Lahad et al.: We thank the authors for their thoughtful comments and questions regarding the new American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) guidelines “Carrier ...