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This weekly update provides information about the impact of human genetic research on disease prevention & public health. |
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 2007 Summer Public Health Institute
The University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health hosted its 6th Annual Summer Public Health Institute on May 21-June 8, 2007, which included new courses on public health genomics and a roundtable discussion with keynote speaker Muin Khoury, MD, PhD, director of CDC’s National Office of Public Health Genomics, and other experts in public health genomics.
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- The following are headlines from on-line news articles published during the past week.
- The headlines and lead sentence are exactly as they appear in the popular press & do not necessarily reflect the opinions or recommendations of CDC.
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Gene variant increases risk of blindness,  Science Daily, July 19 |
Chronic fatigue syndrome finally gains official respect, International Herald Tribune, July 18 |
Genes help determine amount of lean body
mass,
(last accessed 2/2008) Reuters Health, July 19 |
Ability to listen to 2 things at once is largely inherited, says twin study, NIH News, July 17 |
Gene identified for Crohn's disease in children, Medical News Today, July 19 |
Children's Research Institute, Affymetrix launch gene study,
(last accessed 2/2008) Medical News Today, July 17 |
Scientists discover genes behind restless legs, Medical News Today, July 19 |
Interleukin genetics completes enrollment of studies in Japan and China on genetic risk for osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease, Medical News Today, July 17 |
Plumber protein uses different tools to turn on genes, News-Medical.Net, July 18 |
New genomics-based technology, News-Medical.Net, July 16 |
Gene analysis & biostatistics 3 is better than 2 but not than 4, Medical News Today, July 18 |
Breakthough in understanding of how mutations occur in genes, News-Medical.Net, July 15 |
Genes leave a sour taste in your mouth, Medical News Today, July 18 |
Scientists discover human genes hover between "on"and "off" in any given cell, News-Medical.Net, July 15 |
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Genes, diet and inflammatory bowel disease
Ferguson LR, et al.
Mutat Res 2007 Jun
Design and Analysis of Genetic Association Studies to Finely Map a Locus Identified by Linkage Analysis: Assessment of the Extent to Which an Association Can Account for the Linkage
Hanson RL & Knowler WC
Ann Hum Genet 2007 Jul
Discrepancies Between Estimated and Perceived Risk of Cancer among Individuals with Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer
Domanska K, et al.
Genet Test 2007 Summer;11(2):183-6
A Common 1317TC Polymorphism in MTHFR Can Lead to Erroneous 1298AC Genotyping by PCR-RE and TaqMan((R)) Probe Assays
Allen RA, et al.
Genet Test 2007 Summer;11(2):167-73
The search for genetic variants predisposing women to endometriosis
Di W & Guo SW
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 2007 Aug;19(4):395-401
The genetics of generalized vitiligo and associated autoimmune diseases
Spritz RA
Pigment Cell Res 2007 Aug;20(4):271-8
Advancing stroke therapeutics through genetic understanding
Ross OA, et al.
Curr Drug Targets 2007 Jul;8(7):850-9
Dopamine Genes and Schizophrenia: Case Closed or Evidence Pending?
Talkowski ME, et al.
Schizophr Bull 2007 Jul
A Familial Component to Human Rectal Cancer, Independent of Colon Cancer Risk
Maul JS, et al.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2007 Jul
Parental history and risk of type 2 diabetes in overweight latino adolescents: a longitudinal analysis
Kelly LA, et al.
Diabetes Care 2007 Jul
Effects of colon cancer risk counseling for first-degree relatives
Glanz K, et al.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 Jul;16(7):1485-91
BRCA1, BRCA2, TP53, and CDKN2A germline mutations in patients with breast cancer and cutaneous melanoma
Monnerat C, et al.
Fam Cancer 2007 Jul
Risk reduction and health promotion behaviors following genetic testing for adult-onset disorders
Beery TA & Williams JK
Genet Test 2007 Summer;11(2):111-23
Direct contact in inviting high-risk members of hereditary colon cancer families to genetic counselling and DNA-testing
Aktan-Collan K, et al.
J Med Genet 2007 Jul
Familial Breast/Ovarian Cancer and BRCA1/2 Genetic Screening: The Role of Immunohistochemistry as an Additional Method in the Selection of Patients
Vaz FH, et al.
J Histochem Cytochem 2007 Jul
Is routine molecular screening for common alpha-thalassaemia deletions necessary as part of an antenatal screening programme?
Sorour Y, et al.
J Med Screen 2007;14(2):60-1
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