New CDC funding opportunity "Reporting DNA-Based Genetic Test Results Applicable to Heritable Conditions and/or Markers of Drug Metabolism: The Clinical Laboratory Report as a Decision-Support Tool"
	July public health genomics seminar presented by CDC July 26, 2007, Rockville, MD (ENVISION – Atlanta, GA) “But how do we translate new genetic knowledge into practice?"
	What's New in HuGENet™ July 2007

• 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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[Impact of pharmacogenetics on interindividual variability in the response to vitamin K antagonist therapy.]
Siguret V
Pathol Biol (Paris) 2007 Jul

Host genetics: fine-tuning innate signaling
Fellay J & Goldstein DB
Curr Biol 2007 Jul;17(13):R516-8

Applicability of DNA pools on 500K SNP microarrays for cost-effective initial screens in genomewide association studies
Docherty SJ, et al.
BMC Genomics 2007 Jul;8(1):214

UGT1AI*6 and UGT1A1*27 for individualized irinotecan chemotherapy
Ando Y, et al.
Curr Opin Mol Ther 2007 Jun;9(3):258-62

Health Beliefs and Behaviors of Women Who Have Received Genetic Counseling For Breast Cancer
Rees G, et al.
J Genet Couns 2007 Jul

Process and outcome in communication of genetic information within families: a systematic review
Gaff CL, et al.
Eur J Hum Genet 2007 Jul

Midwives' views of the importance of genetics and their confidence with genetic activities in clinical practice: implications for the delivery of genetics education
Metcalfe A, et al.
J Clin Nurs 2007 Jun

Genetic polymorphisms of human beta-adrenergic receptor genes and their association with obesity
Liu ZQ, et al.
Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2007 Jun;32(3):359-67

Genetic testing to identify high-risk populations for chemoprevention studies
Velasquez JL & Lipkin SM
Cancer Biomark 2007;3(3):163-8

Pharmacogenomics of statin response
Mangravite LM & Krauss RM
Curr Opin Lipidol 2007 Aug;18(4):409-14

Recent development in pharmacogenomics: from candidate genes to genome-wide association studies
Grant SF & Hakonarson H
Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2007 Jul;7(4):371-93

Alcohol dehydrogenase 1B genotype and fetal alcohol syndrome: a HuGE minireview
Green RF & Stoler JM
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007 Jul;197(1):12-25

Identification of women with an increased risk of developing radiation-induced breast cancer
Cardis E, et al.
Breast Cancer Res 2007 Jun;9(3):106

 

The impact of family history of diabetes on risk factors for gestational diabetes
Retnakaran R, et al.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2007 Jul

Derivation and validation of QRISK, a new cardiovascular disease risk score for the United Kingdom: prospective open cohort study
Hippisley-Cox J, et al.
BMJ 2007 Jul

 

Maternal Psychological Reaction to Newborn Genetic Screening for Type 1 Diabetes
Kerruish NJ, et al.
Pediatrics 2007 Jul

How does the collection of genetic test results affect research participants?
Wendler D & Pentz R
Am J Med Genet A 2007 Jul

The Theory of Genetic Vulnerability: A Roy Model Exemplar
Hamilton, RJ. et al
Nursing Science Quarterly 2007 Jul

Articles that report on population prevalence of genotypes, gene-disease associations, gene-environment and gene-gene interactions and evaluation of genetic tests. For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page

For the week ending July 11, 2007, there are HuGE articles in the following areas:

Gene Variant Frequency
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Neoplasms
Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs Disorders
Mental Disorders
Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs
Diseases of the Circulatory System
Diseases of the Respiratory System
Diseases of the Digestive System
Diseases of the Genitourinary System
Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium
Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
Congenital Anomalies
Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period

For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page