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A listing of news releases from other National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutes and centers, academic and non-profit institutions, and scientists or scientific societies related to NHGRI-funded work.
NHGRI-Related News Archive
2008
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September 9, 2008:
Genetic region linked to a five times higher lung cancer risk
From the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis:
A narrow region on chromosome 15 contains genetic variations strongly associated with familial lung cancer, says a study conducted by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom, and funded in part by the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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September 4, 2008:
Thumbs up — a tiny ancestral remnant lends developmental edge to humans
From the DOE Joint Genome Institute:
Subtle genetic changes that confer an evolutionary advantage upon a species, such as the dexterity characteristic of the human hand, while difficult to detect and even harder to reproduce in a model system, have nevertheless generated keen interest amongst evolutionary biologists.
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August 27, 2008
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Low Levels of Brain Chemical May Lead to Obesity, NIH Study of Rare Disorder Shows
From the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development:
A brain chemical that plays a role in long term memory also appears to be involved in regulating how much people eat and their likelihood of becoming obese, according to a National Institutes of Health study of a rare genetic condition.
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August 11, 2008:
UA Receives $1.4 Million NIH Training Grant to Study Genes, the Environment, and Human Health
From the University of Arizona:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded The University of Arizona (UA) a five-year, $1.4 million grant to create a multidisciplinary "training ground" that will give student researchers the expertise to better understand how genes and the environment interact to affect human health — skills that could one day improve our ability to treat and prevent diseases such as diabetes and asthma.
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July 23, 2008:
Victor A. McKusick, M.D., "Father of Medical Genetics," 1921-2008
From Johns Hopkins Medicine:
Victor Almon McKusick, M.D., University Professor of Medical Genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, one of the two distinguished Johns Hopkins geneticists for whom the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine was named, and a towering international figure in genetics research, diagnosis and treatment, died Tuesday, July 22 at home. He was 86.
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April 21, 2008:
DNA Day Ambassadors Reach Out to North Carolina High Schools
From the University of North Carolina:
On April 25, young scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, more than 200 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in medicine and science from several universities, will visit almost 180 schools as part of DNA Day, an annual commemoration of two key scientific breakthroughs - the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953, and the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003.
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April 17, 2008:
Charting the Epigenome:
Salk researchers zoom in on genome-wide DNA methylation and transcriptomes at single base resolution
From the Salk Institute for Biological Studies:
New high-throughput DNA sequencing technology has enabled researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies to map the precise position of individual DNA modifications throughout the genome of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, and chart its effect on the activity of any of Arabidopsis' roughly 26,000 genes. The work was supported in part by grants from the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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April 9, 2008:
Leading Geneticist Francis Collins Named First Recipient of the Inamori Ethics Prize at Case Western Reserve University
From Case Western Reserve University:
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., a physician-geneticist and leader of the Human Genome Project, has been named recipient of the inaugural Inamori Ethics Prize from the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University.
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April 4, 2008:
GenBank Celebrates 25 Years of Service with Two-Day Conference; Leading Scientists Will Discuss the DNA Database at April 7-8 Meeting
From the National Institutes of Health (NIH):
In celebration of GenBank and its contribution to science over the last 25 years, the National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH, is holding a two-day conference to take place April 7-8, 2008 at the Natcher Conference Center on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. NHGRI Director Dr. Francis S. Collins is a featured speaker at the conference.
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April 3, 2008:
NIDA Researchers Identify Genetic Variant Linked to Nicotine Addiction and Lung Cancer
From the National Institute on Drug Abuse:
In a study published in the April 3 issue of the journal Nature, scientists identify a genetic variant that not only makes smokers more susceptible to nicotine addiction but also increases their risk of developing two smoking-related diseases, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease. The research was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The same variant was identified as one that increased risk for lung cancer in two other articles appearing in the April 3rd, 2008, issues of Nature and Nature Genetics, partially funded by two other NIH institutes - the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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March 25, 2008:
Scientists Launch First Comprehensive Database of Human Oral Microbiome
From the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research:
Scientists know more today than ever before about the microbes that inhabit our
mouths. They know so much, in fact, that gathering all of the relevant bits of
information into one place when designing experiments can be a labor-intensive job in
itself.
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March 24, 2008:
First Beetle Genome Sequenced
From Baylor College of Medicine:
Sequencing the genome of the red flour beetle, also known as Tribolium castaneum, could prove of double benefit - both in understanding how organisms develop and in fighting the insect pest, said a researcher at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston who was part of the international consortium that published the genetic sequence in the current issue of the journal Nature.
- February 25, 2008:
Center to Hold Town Halls on Genes, Environment, and Your Health in Five U.S. Cities
From the Genetics and Public Policy Center:
The Genetics and Public Policy Center will conduct a series of public town hall meetings to gather feedback from the public on their views related to a proposed large cohort study on the role of genes and environment in health. The town halls are part of a public consultation effort to inform the National Institutes of Health and other federal health agencies' discussions as they decide whether and how such a study might go forward.
- January 25, 2008:
Search for the 'On' Switches May Reveal Genetic Role in Development and Disease
From Duke University Medical Center News: A new resource that identifies regions of the human genome that regulate gene expression may help scientists learn about and develop treatments for a number of human diseases, according to researchers at Duke's Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP).
Last Updated: September 11, 2008
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