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National Academy Seeking Public Feedback on Use of Population Descriptors in Genomics Research

The National Academy's Committee on Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry as Population Descriptors in Genomics Research is now actively requesting public comments from those involved in genomics research about how they use descriptors like race, ethnicity, and ancestry as well as thoughts on potential improvements to usage.

PharmGKB FAQs: How do I read a clinical annotation?

Clinical annotations are written to summarize associations between variants and drug response and are based on annotations of published literature. As an example, please refer to this clinical annotation for rs4149056 in the gene SLCO1B1 and the drug simvastatin. Clinical annotations consist of 3 main parts: 1. Genotype/diplotype-based summaries

Upcoming change to user accounts

We will be making a small change to user accounts this weekend that should make our users’ lives a little easier. Registered PharmGKB users will no longer be required to have a username as part of their profile. Instead, users will be able to log into the site and manage