
COVID Cleared of Increasing Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids?
In a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from PNRI’s Hagopian Lab and TEDDY Study colleagues found no evidence to suggest a link between COVID-19 and the development of type 1 diabetes in children. Their findings stand in contrast to other recent studies that suggested a link between the virus and the disease.
Hagopian Lab

Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency with Aimée Dudley, Andrea Gropman, and Tresa Warner
In this podcast episode, PNRI Senior Investigator Dr. Aimée Dudley joins Dr. Andrea Gropman, Chief of Neurogenetics and Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics at Children’s National Hospital, and Tresa Warner, a parent of a child living with OTC deficiency and the President of the Board of Directors of the National Urea Cycle Disorders Foundation, to discuss a novel genetic screening tool that offers hope to babies born with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTC deficiency), a life-threatening metabolic disorder.
Dudley Lab

Tribe, Partners Discover Cancer in Cockles
The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission describes how the Suquamish Tribe and PNRI’s Metzger Lab are working together to better understand how a cancer affects the local cockle population – a traditional food for tribal members that started to disappear over the past few decades.
Metzger Lab

Researchers discover transmissible cancers in several shellfish species on the east and west coasts
KING-5 News spotlights the collaboration between PNRI’s Metzger Lab, the Suquamish Tribe and other partners to collect and analyze marine bivalves impacted by cancer to understand the spread and try to stop it.
Metzger Lab

Researchers Studying Cancer in Wildlife Grapple With Why Some Get the Disease While Others Don’t
Voice of America reporter Deborah Block showcases what PNRI’s Metzger Lab is discovering about a virus-like cancer affecting some of nature’s smallest creatures – shellfish.
Metzger Lab

Researchers Rush to Find Cause of Contagious Cancer in PNW Clams
The Seattle Times features the Metzger Lab’s research on the contagious cancer spreading among Pacific Northwest cockles.
Metzger Lab

With Type 1 Diabetes Delay Possible, Focus Now on Screening
PNRI’s Dr. William Hagopian weighs in on how genetic risk scores taken at birth help identify those most at risk of developing type 1 diabetes.
Hagopian Lab

Viral Gene Protects Embryos from Infections
PNRI’s Dr. Rick McLaughlin comments on how a “domesticated” viral gene incorporated into the genome of mammals millions of years ago helps protect human embryos from infections.
McLaughlin Lab

Is your stress level genetic? Local study examines the role played by DNA
Dr. Lisa Stubbs discusses the connection between genetics and chronic stress.
Stubbs Lab

Contagious cancer travels hundreds of miles, infecting multiple clam species
PNRI’s Dr. Michael Metzger shares how genomic sequencing has heed identify transmissible cancer found in marine bivalves such as clams.
Metzger Lab