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Thursday, July 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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CDC Celebrates 30 Years of the Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program
July marks 30 years of CDC’s Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program, the only comprehensive program in the world devoted to quality assurance of newborn screening tests. Because of this program, thousands of babies are saved from death and disability each year.
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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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Cancer |
Familial and genetic risk of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary tract,
Medical News Today, July 24 |
Gene profiles might help guide lung cancer care,
Medline Plus, July 21 |
GeneNews launches world's first blood test for colorectal cancer screening,
Medical News Today, July 22 |
New approach to cancer: Find most tightly controlled genes,
e! Science News, July 21 |
New gene combination may cause deadly prostate cancer,
Medical News Today, July 22 |
Researchers target specific genes, reduce cancer cells,
Medical News Today, July 18 |
No need for gene screens in breast cancer families,
News-Medical.Net, July 22 |
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Other News |
Lazy eye discovery: How an old gene learns new tricks,
Medical News Today, July 24 |
Hutterites are model gene community,
Scientific American, July 21 |
Victor McKusick, 86, dies; Medical genetics pioneer,
The New York Times, July 24 |
Latest findings presented by researcher helping to pioneer medical therapy for Fragile X,
Medical News Today, July 21 |
Gene tied to muscle weakness from cholesterol drugs,
Reuters Health, July 23 |
Scientists define 21 new genes associated with Crohn’s disease,
NIH News, July 21 |
Australian study seeks genetic roots of cerebral palsy,
Yahoo News, July 21 |
Increased triglyceride levels in Asian-Americans with genetic variant,
Medical News Today, July 18 |
Genetic mechanisms at play in blood cells important in Parkinson’s disease,
News-Medical.Net, July 21 |
Fred Hutchinson awarded $7.6 million to research how genetic variations influence risk of common diseases,
News-Medical.Net, July 17 |
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Combined haplotype relative risk (CHRR): a general and simple genetic association test that combines trios and unrelated case-controls
Guo CY, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2008 Jul
Cancer genomics and genetics of FGFR2 (Review)
Katoh M
Int J Oncol 2008 Aug;33(2):233-7
Molecular genetics of atrial fibrillation
Tsai CT, et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 Jul;52(4):241-50
Disease associations and family-based tests
Ewens WJ, et al.
Curr Protoc Hum Genet 2008 Jul;Chapter 1:Unit 1.12
Role of UGT1A1 *28 and UGT1A1 *6 for Irinotecan-induced Adverse Drug Reaction
Onoue M & Inui K
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2008 Jul;35(7):1080-5
Guidelines for Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis in Newborns through Older Adults: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Consensus Report
Farrell PM, et al.
J Pediatr 2008 Aug;153(2):S4-S14
The genetics of clinical outcome in multiple sclerosis
Ramagopalan SV, et al.
J Neuroimmunol 2008 Jul
Schizophrenia: from genes to phenes to disease
Allan CL, et al.
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2008 Aug;10(4):339-43
The clinical impact of pharmacogenetics on the treatment of epilepsy
Loscher W, et al.
Epilepsia 2008 Jul
The continued need to synthesize the results of genetic associations across multiple studies
Yesupriya A, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Jul
Acquisition and disclosure of genetic information under alternative policy regimes: an economic analysis
Wilson D
Health Econ Policy Law 2006 Jul;1(Pt 3):263-76
Function2Gene: a gene selection tool to increase the power of genetic association studies by utilizing public databases and expert knowledge
Armstrong DL, et al.
BMC Bioinformatics 2008 Jul;9(1):311
The Application of Genetic Information for Regulatory Standard Setting Under the Clean Air Act: A Decision-Analytic Approach
Cullen AC, et al.
Risk Anal 2008 Jul
Genes and irritable bowel syndrome: is there a link?
Saito YA
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2008 Aug;10(4):355-62
Parallel and serial computing tools for testing single-locus and epistatic SNP effects of quantitative traits in genome-wide association studies
Ma L, et al.
BMC Bioinformatics 2008 Jul;9(1):315
A comprehensive review of the genetics of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Prahalad S & Glass DN
Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2008 Jul;6(1):11
Bayes factors for genome-wide association studies: comparison with P-values
Wakefield J
Genet Epidemiol 2008 Jul
Family history of chronic disease and participation in healthy behaviours
Gibbison GA & Johnson CD
Health Econ Policy Law 2007 Jul;2(Pt 3):297-315
The impact of family history of breast cancer and cancer death on women's mammography practices and beliefs
Tracy KA, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Jul
Effect of parental family history of Alzheimer's disease on serial position profiles
La Rue A, et al.
Alzheimers Dement 2008 Jul;4(4):285-90
The phases of disclosing BRCA1/2 genetic information to offspring
Clarke S, et al.
Psychooncology 2008 Jul
Genetic susceptibility of diabetic retinopathy
Patel S, et al.
Curr Diab Rep 2008 Aug;8(4):257-62
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