/PRNewswire/ The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) today announced that Bruce R. Korf, MD, PhD, FACMG is stepping down as president.
/PRNewswire/ Pengfei Liu, PhD, FACMG is the recipient of the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine s 2022 Dr. Michael S. Watson Genetic and.
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BETHESDA, Md., May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has just released an updated policy statement and gene list for the reporting of secondary findings (SF). Together, these two documents update the recommendations for SF reporting and unveil the highly anticipated recommended minimum gene list
(SF v3.0) for reporting secondary findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing. The ACMG also declares its intent to update the SF gene list now annually, with a goal of publishing the updated list each January.
Genetics in Medicine. Our group worked very hard on this update, taking a thoughtful and careful approach that balances the goals of keeping it as a minimum list while also providing results that will impact patients and their families in a positive way, said lead author and co-chair of the ACMG SFWG, David T. Miller, MD, PhD, FACMG.
Last week, 5th District Court of Appeals Judge William Hoffman wrote Watson s sentencing was unconstitutional, ruling Ashland County Common Pleas Court failed to take Watson s youth into consideration prior to sentencing.
Hoffman cited an Ohio Supreme Court case, State vs Patrick, where Chief Justice Maureen O Connor cited a scene from the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption, making a connection between the juvenile offender and Red, a prison character played by Morgan Freeman.
How did The Shawshank Redemption help Watson? In the movie The Shawshank Redemption, the character Red, portrayed by Morgan Freeman, faces the parole board after having served 40 years of a life sentence and having been previously denied parole twice after serving 20 and 30 years of his sentence. In response to a member of the parole board s question about whether he has been rehabilitated, he responds: