CDC's National Office of Public Health Genomics announces a new funding opportunity for genomics translation in education, surveillance, and policy interventions. The deadline for final applications is June 6, 2008.
	New report, U.S. System of Oversight of Genetic Testing: A Response to the Charge of the Secretary of Health and Human Services,(2.1MB) released by the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society in April 2008.
	Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) approved by the U.S. House of Representatives (414-1) on May 1, 2008. President Bush is expected to sign the Act into law. Read a summary of this Act.
	The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 was signed into law by President Bush April 24, 2008. Read a summary of this Act.

• The following are headlines from on-line news articles published during the past week.
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Whole genome-wide association study using affymetrix SNP chip: a two-stage sequential selection method to identify genes that increase the risk of developing complex diseases
Yang HH, et al.
Methods Mol Med 2008;141:23-35

Interactions between genotype and phenotype in bleeding and thrombosis
Franchini M & Mannucci PM
Haematologica 2008 May;93(5):649-52

A HapMap harvest of insights into the genetics of common disease
Manolio TA, et al.
J Clin Invest 2008 May;118(5):1590-605

Asthma genetics: personalizing medicine
Warrier MR & Hershey GK
J Asthma 2008 May;45(4):257-64

Genetics of migraine: an update with special attention to genetic comorbidity
Stam AH, et al.
Curr Opin Neurol 2008 Jun;21(3):288-93

A preliminary attempt to personalize risperidone dosing using drug-drug interactions and genetics: part I
de Leon J, et al.
Psychosomatics 2008 May-2008 Jun;49(3):258-70

Consensus on the use and interpretation of cystic fibrosis mutation analysis in clinical practice
Castellani C, et al.
J Cyst Fibros 2008 May

Genetics and genomics of primary biliary cirrhosis
Juran BD & Lazaridis KN
Clin Liver Dis 2008 May;12(2):349-65

Recent advances in the epidemiology of primary biliary cirrhosis
Gross RG & Odin JA
Clin Liver Dis 2008 May;12(2):289-303

Gene-centric Genomewide Association Study via Entropy
Cui Y, et al.
Genetics 2008 May

Familial aggregation of endometriosis in the Yale Series
Matalliotakis IM, et al.
Arch Gynecol Obstet 2008 May

The validity of the family history screen for assessing family history of mental  disorders
Milne BJ, et al.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2008 Apr

The familial risk of breast cancer in women with endometriosis from Yale series
Matalliotakis IM, et al.
Surg Oncol 2008 May

Increased risks of polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and myelofibrosis among 24577 first-degree relatives of 11039 patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms in Sweden
Landgren O, et al.
Blood 2008 May

 

Psychiatrists' Attitudes Regarding Genetic Testing and Patient Safeguards: A Preliminary Study
Hoop JG, et al.
Genet Test 2008 May

Receiving inconclusive genetic test results: An interpretive description of the BRCA1/2 experience
Maheu C & Thorne S
Res Nurs Health 2008 Apr

Familial disease with a risk of sudden death: a longitudinal study of the psychological consequences of predictive testing for long QT syndrome
Hendriks KS, et al.
Heart Rhythm 2008 May;5(5):719-24

 

Multiple Genetic Loci for Bone Mineral Density and Fractures
Styrkarsdottir U, et al.
N Engl J Med 2008 Apr

Bone mineral density, osteoporosis, and osteoporotic fractures: a genome-wide association study
Richards JB, et al.
Lancet 2008 May;371(9623):1505-12

Articles that report on population prevalence of genotypes, gene-disease associations, gene-environment and gene-gene interactions and evaluation of genetic tests. For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page

For the week ending May 7, 2008, there are HuGE articles in the following areas:

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Neoplasms
Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs Disorders
Mental Disorders
Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs
Diseases of the Circulatory System
Diseases of the Respiratory System
Diseases of the Digestive System
Diseases of the Genitourinary System
Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period
Injury and Poisoning

For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page