Large Multi-Ethnic Genome-Wide Association Study of Asthma Identifies Novel Associations

Boston, MA - A large, multi-ethnic genome-wide association study (GWAS) of asthma identified novel associations with potential relevance for asthma susceptibility in older adults of diverse racial backgrounds. The study, “Large-scale, multi-ethnic genome wide association study identifies novel loci contributing to asthma susceptibility in adults,” appears online December 20 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.