In the News

Check here regularly for news releases* and up-to-date information relating to the inherited risks for common diseases, medical advances, promising research studies and the GenRISK Adult Genetics Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Offering Genetic Screening for the Persian Jewish Community First 1,000 participants will receive free screening for four common disorders (August 17, 2009)

Cedars-Sinai Director of Medical Genetics Institute Receives American Society of Human Genetics' Inaugural Leadership Award (October 10, 2006)

Researchers Find That Variations in Four Inflammatory Genes May Predispose Mexican Americans to Insulin Resistance, a Precursor of Diabetes (June 11, 2005)

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