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Thursday, April 24, 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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New Genomics Funding Opportunity
CDC's National Office of Public Health Genomics announces a new funding opportunity for genomics translation in education, surveillance, and policy interventions. Read more. |
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Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) passes in the U.S. Senate Thursday, April 24th. GINA will protect against the misuse of Americans' genetic information. The Act will return to the U.S. House of Representatives before being sent to President Bush to sign into law. |
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New publication, GAPscreener: An Automatic Tool for Screening Human Genetic Association Literature in PubMed Using the Support Vector Machine Technique, published in the April 22 2008 issue of BMC Bioinformatics. Authors: Yu W, Clyne M, Dolan SM, Yesupriya A, Wulf A, Liu T, Khoury MJ, Gwinn M. The GAPscreener software can be downloaded free of charge from the HuGE Navigator Web site. |
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Upcoming Public Health Grand Rounds: Strengthening the Public Health System to Advance Genomics, on April 29, 2008, in Ann Arbor, MI. Register for the live webcast, or register to attend in person. |
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What's New in HuGENet™
April 2008 |
- 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.
- Free registration required for some articles.
Cancer |
Genetic counseling for cancer risk, Baltimore Sun, April 23 |
Blood test for aggressive breast cancer sought by research collaboration, Medical News Today, April 18 |
Low mismatch repair gene expression predicts testicular cancer recurrence, OncoLink, April 21 |
History of inherited cancer mutation in America, Medical News Today, April 18 |
Identification of prostate cancer susceptibility loci, Medical News Today, April 20 |
Report describes first targeted therapy to produce remission of metastatic melanoma, EurekAlert, April 17 |
Breakthrough in gene therapy for cancer offered by tiny magnets, Medical News Today, April 18 |
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Other Chronic Conditions |
Gene for Branchio-oculo-facial syndrome discovered by researchers, Medical News Today, April 24 |
Genomics partnership finds hopeful antibody for MS treatment, Post-Bulletin, April 19 |
Parkinson's: An inherited genetic disease, United Press International, April 23 |
Boy with rare genetic disorder, BBC News, April 18 |
Parents seek cure for child’s rare genetic
disorder, The Canadian Jewish News, April 23 |
Breakthrough in migraine genetics, Medical News Today, April 18 |
Other News |
Scientists determine molecular structures of bacterial AlkB protein and its corresponding human protein, ABH2, News-Medical.Net, April 23 |
Scientists show first 3 d image of antibody
gene, Medical News Today, April 20 |
Portland will weigh in on genetic 'biobank', The Oregonian, April 23 |
'World-class, top-tier research', The Huntsville Times, April 20 |
DNA Day ambassadors reach out to North Carolina high schools, Media Newswire, April 22 |
CDFD to develop ‘genetic registry’, The Hindu, April 18 |
GAPscreener: An automatic tool for screening human genetic association literature in Pubmed using the support vector machine technique, 7th Space, April 22 |
Critical detail of cellular defense against genetic mistakes discovered by researchers, Medical News Today, April 18 |
Environmental factors weigh heavily in modulating gene expression in humans, News-Medical.Net, April 22 |
Is it her genes? Oldest known person turns 115 on Sunday, ABC News, April 18 |
Fertility expert finds genetic markers of an egg's maturity, could boost pregnancies with IVF, Science Daily, April 22 |
Microsoft grants to fund genomic health care it projects, iHealthBeat, April 18 |
Labs open doors to open minds, swissinfo.ch, April 21 |
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Genetic aspects of Alzheimer disease
Bird TD
Genet Med 2008 Apr;10(4):231-9
Geriatric neurogenetics: oxymoron or reality?
Bird TD, et al.
Arch Neurol 2008 Apr;65(4):537-9
Gene polymorphisms/mutations relevant to abnormal spermatogenesis
Nuti F & Krausz C
Reprod Biomed Online 2008 Apr;16(4):504-13
Nutrigenetics and CVD: what does the future hold?
Lovegrove JA & Gitau R
Proc Nutr Soc 2008 May;67(2):206-13
BRCA1 and BRCA2 risk perceptions among African American women at increased risk for hereditary breast-ovarian cancer
Kessler L, et al.
Community Genet 2008;11(4):193-200
Advances in autism genetics: on the threshold of a new neurobiology
Abrahams BS & Geschwind DH
Nat Rev Genet 2008 May;9(5):341-55
Educating the general public about multifactorial genetic disease: applying a theory-based framework to understand current public knowledge
Smerecnik CM, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Apr;10(4):251-8
REASSESSING INSURERS' ACCESS TO GENETIC INFORMATION: GENETIC PRIVACY, IGNORANCE, AND INJUSTICE
Feiring E
Bioethics 2007 Apr
Update of the Pompe disease mutation database with 107 sequence variants and a format for severity rating
Kroos M, et al.
Hum Mutat 2008 Apr
Pharmacogenetics: potential role in the treatment of diabetes and obesity
Vella A & Camilleri M
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2008 May;9(7):1109-19
Lung cancer epigenetics and genetics
Risch A & Plass C
Int J Cancer 2008 Apr
Genetic polymorphisms and head and neck cancer risk (Review)
Hiyama T, et al.
Int J Oncol 2008 May;32(5):945-73
Genetic approaches to addiction: genes and alcohol
Ducci F & Goldman D
Addiction 2008 Apr
Genetic diagnosis of primary immune deficiencies
Morra M, et al.
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2008 May;28(2):387-412
Psychological and Behavioural Impact of Genetic Testing Smokers for Lung Cancer Risk: A Phase II Exploratory Trial
Sanderson SC, et al.
J Health Psychol 2008 May;13(4):481-94
Screening for Familial Ovarian Cancer: Poor survival of BRCA1/2 related cancers
Evans GR, et al.
J Med Genet 2008 Apr
The family history: reemergence of an established tool
Hinton RB Jr
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2008 Jun;20(2):149-58
Familial predisposition to cardiovascular risk and disease contributes to cardiovascular risk and disease interacting with other cardiovascular risk factors in diabetes-Implication for common soil (JDDM 14)
Yokoyama H, et al.
Atherosclerosis 2008 Mar
Screening participation in individuals with a family history of colorectal cancer: a review
Rees G, et al.
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2008 May;17(3):221-32
Diagnosed with breast cancer while on a family history screening programme: an exploratory qualitative study
Clements A, et al.
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2008 May;17(3):245-52
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