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Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
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This weekly update provides information about the impact of human genomic research on disease prevention & population health. |
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Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) |
Social support reduces stress of genetic counseling for cancer, Medical News Today, April 10 |
SSRI-sensitivity gene tests for consumers called 'misleading', medpage Today, April 3 |
Reflecting on the social implications of human genetics research - past, present, and future - new book, Medical News Today, April 8 |
Beware genetic snake oil, Newsweek, April 3 |
Grappling with bad news from genetic testing, The Wall Street Journal, April 5 |
Lawless gene-testing industry needs a sheriff, Wired, April 3 |
Direct to consumer genetic testing raises
concerns, ars technical, April 4 |
Marketing of unproven tests a threat to public health, DNA Policy, April 3 |
“At home” genomic tests for disease risk
premature, Newswise, April 4 |
Fed to propose national gene database, azcentral.com, April 3 |
Gene tests may be more confusing than
illuminating, Bloomberg, April 3 |
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Other News |
Back pain problems may be more a matter of genetics than physical strain, News-Medical.Net, April 9 |
The tall and the short of it: new research adds to growing body of knowledge of genetics of
height, Science Daily, April 7 |
Technique traces origins of disease genes in mixed races, Medical News Today, April 9 |
Genetic reprogramming, Medical News Today, April 5 |
Too many gene copies stimulate tumor cell
growth, Medical News Today, April 9 |
Modern genetics enters daily life, Medical News Today, April 4 |
Faster DNA sequencing, Technology Review, April 8 |
Researchers uncover new genetic links to psoriasis, Checkbiotech, April 4 |
Gene disorder can be fatal for babies, Red Orbit, April 8 |
GenBank celebrates 25 years of service with two-day conference, NIH News, April 3 |
Genes drive kids' changing fears, WebMD, April 8 |
Genetic disorder may hold key to heat stroke
cure, Yahoo News, April 3 |
Genetics, environment differently influence the 'pathway of risk' leading to alcohol dependence, News-Medical.Net, April 7 |
Mitosis gets harder thanks to new gene
discovery, Science Daily, April 3 |
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Genetic variations and their influence on risk and treatment of venous thrombosis
Leitner JM, et al.
Pharmacogenomics 2008 Apr;9(4):423-37
Polymorphism in human organic cation transporters and metformin action
Takane H, et al.
Pharmacogenomics 2008 Apr;9(4):415-22
Cox proportional hazards models have more statistical power than logistic regression models in cross-sectional genetic association studies
van der Net JB, et al.
Eur J Hum Genet 2008 Apr
Emerging role of pharmacogenomics in heart failure
McNamara DM
Curr Opin Cardiol 2008 May;23(3):261-8
Genetic determinants of cardiac hypertrophy
Marian AJ
Curr Opin Cardiol 2008 May;23(3):199-205
Atrial fibrillation: evidence for genetically determined disease
Andalib A, et al.
Curr Opin Cardiol 2008 May;23(3):176-83
The future is now - will the real disease gene please stand up?
Martin ER & Schmidt MA
Hum Hered 2008;66(2):127-35
FBAT-SNP-PC: an approach for multiple markers and single trait in family-based association tests
Rakovski CS, et al.
Hum Hered 2008;66(2):122-6
A family-based likelihood ratio test for general pedigree structures that allows for genotyping error and missing data
Yang Y, et al.
Hum Hered 2008;66(2):99-110
Likelihood-based association analysis for nuclear families and unrelated subjects with missing genotype data
Dudbridge F
Hum Hered 2008;66(2):87-98
Review and evaluation of methods correcting for population stratification with a focus on underlying statistical principles
Tiwari HK, et al.
Hum Hered 2008;66(2):67-86
Cardiovascular disease risk prediction using genetic information (gene scores): is it really informative?
Humphries SE, et al.
Curr Opin Lipidol 2008 Apr;19(2):128-32
Defining the spectrum of alleles that contribute to blood lipid concentrations in humans
Kathiresan S, et al.
Curr Opin Lipidol 2008 Apr;19(2):122-7
Single gene contributions: genetic variants of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (isoforms alpha, beta/delta and gamma) and mechanisms of dyslipidemias
Yong EL, et al.
Curr Opin Lipidol 2008 Apr;19(2):106-12
Why study gene-environment interactions?
Ordovas JM & Tai ES
Curr Opin Lipidol 2008 Apr;19(2):158-67
Progress in the genetics of common obesity: size matters
Li S & Loos RJ
Curr Opin Lipidol 2008 Apr;19(2):113-21
Effects of testosterone replacement and its pharmacogenetics on physical performance and metabolism
Zitzmann M
Asian J Androl 2008 May;10(3):364-72
Inference from genome-wide association studies using a novel Markov model
Hosking FJ, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2008 Mar
The influence of genetics on intracranial aneurysm formation and rupture: current knowledge and its possible impact on future treatment
Krischek B & Tatagiba M
Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg 2008;33:131-47
Genetic contributions to preterm birth: Implications from epidemiological and genetic association studies
Plunkett J & Muglia LJ
Ann Med 2008;40(3):167-79
Cascade genetic testing for mismatch repair gene mutations
Mitchell RJ, et al.
Fam Cancer 2008 Apr
Brief Assessment of Parents' Attitudes Toward Testing Minor Children for Hereditary Breast/Ovarian Cancer Genes: Development and Validation of the Pediatric BRCA1/2 Testing Attitudes Scale (P-TAS)
Peshkin BN, et al.
J Pediatr Psychol 2008 Apr
Awareness of risk factors amongst first degree relative patients with colorectal cancer
Akhtar S, et al.
Colorectal Dis 2008 Mar
Genome-Wide Association Studies |
A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25
Hung RJ, et al.
Nature 2008 Apr;452(7187):633-7
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