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Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006 |
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17 Number 10 |
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This weekly update provides information about the impact of human genetic discoveries on health care, disease prevention and population health. |
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2006 National Health Promotion Conference
September 12-14, 2006 ~ Atlanta, GA
A joint conference presented by CDC’s Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CoCHP) as related to birth defects and developmental disabilities, chronic disease, and genomics. Registration is now closed.
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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 and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or recommendations of CDC.
- Free registration required for some articles.
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“'Genetic horoscopes' build high hopes”
(Sep 7) Mail & Guardian Online reports, “This is the most important, most wondrous map ever produced by humankind." Thus said United States president Bill Clinton as he welcomed the unveiling of the draft sequence of the human genome -- the decoding of the three billion "letters" of DNA in our cells -- in March 2000.”
“Researchers seek genetic key to lymphoma”
(last accessed 2/2008)
(Sep 6) ABC NewOnline reports, “A Gold Coast academic says one of Australia's most common cancers is becoming even more prevalent.”
“Genetic secrets of human egg discovered”
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(Sep 6) PhysOrg.com reports, “U.S. scientists say they have identified the genes that are unique to the human egg.”
“Researcher Studies Gene Families To Explore Diversity And Evolution”
(Sep 5) Science Daily reports, “Theoretical biologist Stephen Proulx studies gene families to explore how genomes become diverse and evolve.”
“ExonHit Produces a New Map for Human Genome Expression as Well as Tools for its Study”
(Sep 5) tickertech.com reports, “22,000 Genes can Express Over 200,000 Messenger RNAs, all Detected for the First Time Thanks to ExonHit's Self-Funded Research Activities.”
“Older fathers almost six times more likely to have autistic children”
(Sep 5) News-Medical.Net reports, “Researchers in the U.S. have found that children fathered by older men have a higher risk of developing autism, possibly because of mutations or other genetic changes.”
“Party animal? Don't blame your genes”
(Sep 5) abc.net reports, “Genes shape our health and appearance more than they shape our personality, suggests a new study of thousands of people in a genetically isolated part of the world.”
“Researchers identify genetic risk for type 1 diabetes”
(Sep 4) News-Medical.Net reports, “A discovery at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes has identified a genetic risk for type 1 diabetes three to four times higher than previously thought possible.”
“Girl With a Fatal Genetic Disease Making Progress in a Clinical Trial”
(Sep 3) Red Orbit reports, “When Elizabeth Lee Hallam was born on Sept. 29, 2003, she was a textbook example of the perfect baby.”
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“Gene Test May Improve Breast Cancer Treatment”
(Sep 6) Yahoo News reports, “A test that checks the expression of 70 genes associated with breast cancer can help doctors determine a patient's risk of cancer recurrence or death, an international study finds.”
“FDA releases draft guidelines regulating complex diagnostic tests”
(Sep 6) News-Medical.Net reports, “FDA on Tuesday released draft guidelines that assert the agency's authority for regulating gene- and protein-based diagnostic tests for conditions such as breast cancer and ovarian cancer, the Wall Street Journal reports.”
“Selection of embryos is on rise for couples”
(Sep 3) International Herald Tribunr reports, “As Chad Kingsbury watches his daughter playing in the sandbox behind their Chicago house, the thought that has flashed through his mind a million times in her two years of life comes again: Chloe will never be sick.”
Perceived genetic knowledge, attitudes towards genetic testing, and the relationship between these among patients with a chronic disease
Morren M, et al.
Patient Educ Couns 2006 Aug
Cost-effectiveness of 4 Neonatal Screening Strategies for Cystic Fibrosis
van den Akker-van Marle ME, et al.
Pediatrics 2006 Sep;118(3):896-905
A recessive Mendelian model to predict carrier probabilities of DFNB1 for nonsyndromic deafness
Gonzalez JR, et al.
Hum Mutat 2006 Aug
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14th Annual International Meeting on Microbial Genomics
September 24-28, 2006 ~ Lake Arrowhead, CA
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Genomes, Medicine, and the Environment Conference
October 16-18, 2006 ~ Hilton Head, SC |
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11th Annual SFhort Course on Genetic Approaches to Complex Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases
October 19-28, 2006 ~ Bar Harbor, ME |
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Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society’s Eleventh Meeting
November 13-14, 2006 ~ Adelphi, MD |
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Pharmacogenomics
November 15-18, 2006 ~ Cold Spring Harbor, NY |
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Page last reviewed: September 7, 2006 (archived document)
Page last updated: November 2, 2007
Content Source: National Office of Public Health Genomics |
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