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Subject Index of Text Prepared for Human Genome News
1995 to 2002

Bioinformatics
- Genome Database
Education
Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
Functional Genomics
Gene Watch
Genomes to Life
HGP Applications
Instrumentation
International

Lead Articles
Mapping
Medical Applications
Microbial Genome Research
Model Organism Research
Private Sector
Project Management and History
Proteomics
Resources
Sequencing

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Gene Watch

These are some of the disease genes for which we prepared text; this is not a comprehensive listing. For a full discussion of specific disease genes, see Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.

Third Human Chromosome Finished: Chromosome 20 Genes Implicated in Diabetes, Obesity (February 2002)
Chlamydia Genome Offers Surprises (February 1999)
International Team Delivers C. elegans Sequence (February 1999)
Livermore Biomedical Scientists Help International Team Find Kidney Disease Gene (April 1998, unpublished)
New MIM Edition (January 1998)
First Parkinson's Disease Gene Discovered (June 1997)
DOE Clone Resources Spur Disease-Gene Discoveries (October 1996)
Closing in on a Prostate Cancer Gene (October 1996)

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Medical Applications

Understanding Health Risks from Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation (February 2002)
Advanced Medical Instrumentation Program (February 2002)
Spinach Protein Offers New Hope for the Blind (February 2002)
Genetic Testing, Counseling Resources (July 2001)
Converting Energy to Medical Progress (July 2001)
Some Highlights of BER-Funded Research in Nuclear Medicine (July 2001)
Twisted Ladder Media Issues Two Educational CD-ROMs (July 2001)
National Center for Toxicogenomics Formed (July 2001)
Imaging Gene Expression in Vivo: Extending Nuclear Medicine for the Next Millennium Workshop (November 2000)
Fast Forward to 2020: What to Expect in Molecular Medicine (November 2000)
Outstanding Research Makes DOE National Laboratories Major Asset in Biomedical Engineering (October 1999)
Articles on Genetics (October 1999)
Human Gene Therapy: Present and Future (February 1999)
Ethical Issues in Human Gene Therapy (February 1999)
National Organization for Rare Disorders (February 1999)
Cancer Web Site (February 1999)
New HGMIS Site: Translation of Genetics to Medicine (February 1999)
HuGEM Web Site (February 1999)
Calculation of Genetic Risks (February 1999)
Genetics Manual (February 1999)
Mutation Journal (February 1999)
Livermore Biomedical Scientists Help International Team Find Kidney Disease Gene (April 1998, unpublished)
Symposium on Health Implications of Genome Research (April 1998, unpublished)
New Book: Genetic Secrets: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality in the Genetic Era (January 1998)
A Question of Genes: Inherited Risks
PBS Special (January 1998)
CSHL Publishes Book on Integrating Genetics, Medicine (January 1998)
New MIM Edition (January 1998)
Helix Directory Lists Testing Laboratories (January 1998)
CF Genetic-Testing Panel Emphasizes Education (January 1998)
NSGC Publishes Paper on Predisposition Testing (January 1998)
Genetic Privacy Task Force Hears Testimony (January 1998)
Task Force Reports on Genetic Testing (January 1998)
New Journal: Genetic Testing (January 1998)
Genetic Testing Report (January 1997)
First Parkinson's Disease Gene Discovered (June 1997)
Genetics Networks (Support Groups) (January 1997)
Special JAMWA Genetics Issue (January 1997)
Cancer Gene Web Site Set to Debut (January 1997)
DOE Clone Resources Spur Disease-Gene Discoveries (October 1996)
Closing in on a Prostate Cancer Gene (October 1996)
Gene Therapy Evaluated (October 1996)
Video on Genetic Testing (July 1996)
Genetics and You, a book about genetic principles that underlie genetic disorders (July 1996)
OMIM Catalogs Human Genes and Genetic Disorders (January 1996)
ELSI Task Force Seeks Genetic-Testing Experiences (April 1996)

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Project Management and History-Related Articles

Online Sources of Bio-Science Information (February 2002)
Patrinos Wins Award as Distinguished Executive (February 2002)
Genomes: 15 Years Later; A Perspective by Charles DeLisi (July 2001)
DeLisi Honored by President Clinton (July 2001)
Human Genome Working Draft: First-Edition Travel Guides (July 2001)
From DNA Sequences to Living Systems: Genomes to Life, Microbial Cell Project (July 2001)
OASCR Joins OBER in Genomes to Life Program (July 2001)
BERAC Bringing the Genome to Life Report Endorses New Program (November 2000)
Post-Sequencing Research Challenges (November 2000)
High-Quality Sequence of Human Chromsomes 21, 22 Achieved (November 2000)
DOE Hits Sequencing Goal: JGI Strategies Pay Off for Chromosomes 5, 16, 19 (November 2000)
Human Genome Project Milestones (Working Draft) Celebrated at White House (November 2000)
Oakland Hosts DOE Genome Program Contractor-Grantee Meeting '99 (October 1999)
- HGP Grantees Report Progress, Challenges
- Joint Genome Institute
  - Richardson Attends Facility Opening
- Sequencing at Other Institutions
  - New Device Speeds Sequencing
- Functional Genomics
  - Gene Riches of Chromosome 19 Revealed
  - Improved Sample Prep System
- Informatics
- Education and Bioethics
- Microbial Genome Explorations
- DOE Sets Workshop For February 2000
FY1999 HGP Budgets (October 1999)
Human Genome Project Directors, Researchers Receive Awards (October 1999)
SBIR 1999 Human Genome Awards Announced (October 1999)
1999 Hollaender Winners Announced (October 1999)
DOE Biological and Environmental Research Helps Fuel "Biology Century" (February 1999)
Hollaender Fellows Named (February 1999)
SBIR 1998 Human Genome Awards Announced (February 1999)
U.S. HGP on Fast Track for Early Completion (February 1999)
Five-Year Research Goals of the U.S. Human Genome Project (February 1999)
1999 DOE Human Genome Program Workshop Proceedings (February 1999)
Eyes on the Prize: Deliver the Sequence Patrinos Address (July 1998)
New 5-Year Goals, Project Midpoint (July 1998)
JASON Group Review (July 1998)
DOE, NIH Discuss Informatics (July 1998)
1999 DOE HGP Meeting Set for California (July 1998)
Palmisano Joins DOE OBER (July 1998)
Anticipated Benefits of Genome Research (January 1998)
McKusick Receives Lasker Award (January 1998)
DOE Genome Researchers Win R&D Awards (January 1998)
Hollaender Fellows Named (January 1998)
SBIR 1997 Human Genome Awards Announced (January 1998)
NCHGR Becomes NIH Institute (January 1997)
Notice to DOE Contractors, Grantees (January 1997)
Funding Opportunities (January 1997)
DOE Merges Genome Center Sequencing Efforts (October 1996)
Director Reflects on Genome Project Origins, Applications (October 1996)
Special Genome Issue of Science (October 1996)
New Genome Center in Australia (July 1996)
Carrano a HUGO Vice-President (July 1996)
Palazzolo Named Genome Center Director (July 1996)
Dovichi Wins ACS Award (July 1996)
SBIR 1996 Human Genome Awards Announced (July 1996)
- 1996 Awards in Genome and DNA-Related Technologies (July 1996)
Hollaender Fellows Named (July 1996)
Research Pace Applauded at Santa Fe '96 Workshop (April 1996)
Collaborations Multiply Research, Commercial Benefits (January 1996)
DOE Assumes Full HGN Sponsorship (January 1996)
Genome Program Director Smith Retires from DOE OHER (January 1996)
Genome Project Finishes Fifth Year Ahead of Schedule (September 1995)
Five Years of Progress in the Human Genome Project (September 1995)
Technology Transfer--Commercializing Genome Resources (September 1995)
Hudson Heads NCHGR Policy Office (July 1995)
DOE Postdoctoral Fellows Named (July 1995)
News from HUGO (March 1995)
Beijing Hosts 2nd South-North Conference (March 1995)
DOE Holds Contractor-Grantee Workshop (January 1995)

Program Overview

Mapping Sessions, Physical Mapping

Resources and Technology Development

Mapping informatics

ELSI

Sequencing Sessions

Large-scale sequencing

Sequencing technologies

Sequencing informatics
High-Resolution Physical Maps of Chromosomes 16 and 19 Completed (January 1995)
ATP Program Accelerating Genome Research Payoffs (January 1995)
NIH Advisory Council Meets (January 1995)

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International

These articles are concerned with specific international programs, organizations, and institutions. International scientific research also is indexed elsewhere under the appropriate categories.

HUGO Moves London Office, Recruits Editors (October 1999)
HUGO Consolidates Offices, Web Sites (February 1999)
European Biotech Program (February 1999)
Symposium on Health Implications of Genome Research (April 1998, unpublished)
Human Genome Declaration (July 1997, unpublished)
HUGO Calls for Patent Policy Changes (January 1997)
New Genome Center in Australia (July 1996)
Yeast Genome Sequenced (April 1996)
HUGO ELSI Committee Releases Statement (April 1996)
Nomenclature Recommendations Update (January 1996)
HUGO Pacific Newsletter (January 1996)
WHO Guidelines on Ethical Issues (January 1996)
Virtual Library: Genetics

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Mapping-Related Articles

GeneMap'98 Doubles Density of 1996 Map (February 1999)
Team Completes HGP Milestone: Human Chromosome 7 Map (January 1998)
Large Insert Cloning Vectors Aid Function Studies (January 1998)
WEB HGN Bonus: Table on Large DNA Cloning Systems (January 1998)
Chromosome X Map Completed (January 1997)
Yeast Genome Directory Published (January 1997)
Mapping Panel Available from Coriell (January 1997)
Stanford Center's High-Resolution Map (January 1997)
Whitehead-MIT Teams With Consortium (January 1997)
Focus Moves from Transciptional Mapping to Gene-Function Studies (October 1996)
DOE Clone Resources Spur Disease-Gene Discoveries (October 1996)
Closing in on a Prostate Cancer Gene (October 1996)
Software Finds Genes Across Species (July 1996)
Map Manager, a program for the Macintosh (July 1996)
Tool for Analyzing Multigene Families (July 1996)
Chromosome 19 Map: Status and New Applications (April 1996)
Packaging the Genome: Community Resources (April 1996)
Leaping Across Genomes: Comparing Mouse and Human DNA (April 1996)
Stretched to the Max: FISH Mapping on DNA Fibers (April 1996)
Researchers Reach Two Mapping Milestones (April 1996)
Library Screening Services (April 1996)
Genome Researchers Seek Cancer Gene (April 1996)
Detailed Human Physical Map Published by Whitehead-MIT (January 1996)
OMIM Catalogs Human Genes and Genetic Disorders (January 1996)
LLNL Publishes Chromosome 19 Metric Physical Map (January 1996)
Quantitative Traits Mapping Program (January 1996)
RHMAP and SIMLINK (January 1996)
Genome Database 6.0: An Experiment in Community Curation (January 1996)
Optical Mapping Offers Fast, Accurate Method for Generating Restriction Maps (July 1995)
DiGeorge Syndrome Region Cloned (July 1995)
News from Baylor (July 1995)
Fox Chase Team Wins Smithsonian Award (July 1995)
Chromosome 9 Workshop Produces New Maps (July 1995)
Using RH Mapping, Rhserver To Incorporate Human ESTs, STSs with Linkage Maps (July 1995)
CSHL Mapping and Sequencing Meeting Held (May 1995)
Human Gene Map Workshops Held (June 1995)
Positional Cloning Expedites Gene Hunts(March 1995)
IMAGE Characterizes cDNA Clones (March 1995)
Fourth Transcribed Sequences Workshop Held (January 1995)
Group Publish Detailed Chromosome 22 Map (January 1995)
NCHGR Plans New Approach to SCWs in 1996 (January 1995)
Whitehead-MIT Announces Release Nine of Mouse Genetic Map (January 1995)

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Sequencing-Related Articles

TIGR Sequencing Anthrax Used in Florida Attack (February 2002)
Human Genome Working Draft: First-Edition Travel Guides (July 2001)
Consortium Achieves Draft Mouse Sequence (July 2001)
NCBI Mouse Resources (July 2001)
Human-Mouse Comparisons Identify Candidate Sequences (July 2001)
SNP Consortium Collaborates with HGP, Publishes First Progress Reports (November 2000)
International SNP Meetings Held (November 2000)
Post-Sequencing Research Challenges (November 2000)
High-Quality Sequence of Human Chromsomes 21, 22 Achieved (November 2000)
DOE Hits Sequencing Goal: JGI Strategies Pay Off for Chromosomes 5, 16, 19 (November 2000)
Human Genome Project Milestones (Working Draft) Celebrated at White House (November 2000)
HGP Leaders Confirm Accelerated Timetable for Draft Sequence (October 1999)
HGP Sequencing Progress (October 1999)
Joint Genome Institute: DOE Genome Meeting Highlights (October 1999)
- Richardson Attends Facility Opening (October 1999)
JGI Refits Production Sequencing Facility (October 1999)
Sequencing at Other Institutions (October 1999)
Gene Riches of Chromosome 19 Revealed: DOE Genome Meeting Highlights (October 1999)
Chromosomes 21, 22 Near Sequencing Finish Line (October 1999)
Drosophila Sequencing Nears Completion (October 1999)
Human MHC Region Sequenced (October 1999)
TIGR Releases Chlorobium tepidum Sequence (February 1999)
Superbug Survives Radiation, Eats Wastes (February 1999)
International Team Delivers C. elegans Sequence (February 1999)
Who's Sequencing the Human Genome? (February 1999)
Scientists Hunt SNPs to Uncover Variation, Disease (February 1999)
Second Private Human Genome Sequencing Project Under Way (February 1999)
BAC End Sequencing Speeds Large and Small Projects (February 1999)
DOE Joint Genome Institute Exceeds DNA Sequencing Goal (February 1999)
Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Comes of Age (July 1998)
JGI Sequencing (July 1998)
Private-Sector Sequencing Planned (July 1998)
JGI Sequencing Clones (July 1998)
JGI and Bermuda Quality Sequence (July 1998)
Grants Awarded for JGI Collaboration (July 1998)
Sequencing Strategies,Tools (July 1998)
Sequencing at NIH NHGRI (July 1998)
Gene-Discovery Resources (July 1998)
TIGR Sequencing 6 More Microbes (July 1998)
Tuberculosis Microbe Sequenced (July 1998)
C. Elegans Sequencing Nears Finish (July 1998)
Complete E. coli Genome Sequence in Public Databases (January 1998)
Table of Completed Genomes (January 1998)
Web Sites for Microbial Sequence Data (January 1998)
New HGP Spinoff Program to Study Genes for Environmental Risk (January 1998)
Groups Coordinate Gene Sequencing (January 1998)
- cDNA Support in the United States (January 1998)
- I.M.A.G.E. Consortium Aiding Rapid Development of Human Gene Catalog (January 1998)
- Fast-Forwarding Through the Genome with cDNAs (January 1998)
JGI Sequencing Facility Progressing (January 1998)
Lyme Disease Bacterium Genome Sequenced (January 1998)
Bermuda Sequencing Strategy Report on Web (January 1998)
Workshop Focuses on Sequence Annotation (January 1998)
Rapid Sequencing of Microbial Genomes Opens Door to Functional Genomics (January 1997)
Conference on Small Genomes Held at Hilton Head (January 1997)
Hilton Head Conference Attendees Discuss Small Genome Sequencing Progress (January 1997)
Early History of Small Genome Sequencing (January 1997)
MAGPIE: Data on Gene Sequences (January 1997)
Microbial Database at TIGR (January 1997)
Complete Microbial Genome Clones (January 1997)
HUGO Calls for Patent Policy Changes (January 1997)
Ramping Up for Large-Scale Sequencing (October 1996)
Arabidopsis Sequencing Project (October 1996)
Maximizing the Value of Genome Data (October 1996)
DOE Clone Resources Spur Disease-Gene Discoveries (October 1996)
Closing in on a Prostate Cancer Gene (October 1996)
Third Branch of Life Confirmed (July 1996)
- Archaic Overachiever Thrives in Hostile Environments (July 1996)
BAC End-Sequencing Projects Initiated (July 1996)
DOE, NCHGR Issue Human Subject Guidelines (July 1996)
Immune System Genes Reveal Surprises (July 1996)
Commercial Strategies Aim to Spin DNA Threads into Gold (July 1996)
Industry Moves DNA Patenting Forward (July 1996)
Mutation Database Initiative Under Way (July 1996)
Software Finds Genes Across Species (July 1996)
U.S., Russian Collaborators Devise Near-Perfect Method to Identify Genes Across Species Lines (9/5/96)
Progress at the DOE Labs (April 1996)
Homing in on a DNA Sequence (April 1996)
Sequencing: Moving Toward Production (April 1996)
Early Successes with Sequencing BACs (April 1996)
Stretched to the Max: FISH Mapping on DNA Fibers (April 1996)
Packaging the Genome: Community Resources (April 1996)
Leaping Across Genomes: Comparing Mouse and Human DNA (April 1996)
International Large-Scale Sequencing Meeting (April 1996)
Yeast Genome Sequenced (April 1996)
NCHGR Initiates Sequencing Pilot Projects (April 1996)
Automated DNA Sequencing Newsgroup (April 1996)
Genome Researchers Seek Cancer Gene (April 1996)
Collaborations Multiply Research, Commercial Benefits (January 1996)
CSHL Mapping and Sequencing Meeting Held (May 1995)
Two Bacterial Genomes Sequenced (May 1995)
IMAGE Characterizes cDNA Clones (March 1995)
C. elegans Sequence Data Grows (March 1995)
Fourth Transcribed Sequences Workshop Held (January 1995)
Hilton Head Sequencing Meeting (January 1995)

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Bioinformatics-Related Articles

Many announcements regarding informatics resources, including databases and analysis tools, are located under the Resources section of this HGN index.