New article on "An automatic method to generate domain-specific investigator networks using PubMed abstracts" written by Wei Yu, PhD, Ajay Yesupriya, MPH, Anja Wulf, Junfeng Qu, PhD, Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH, and Muin Khoury, MD, PhD, was published in the June 20, 2007 issue of BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.
	Thirteenth Meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society, July 10, 2007

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Cancer
A genetic factor predicts prognosis in brain tumor patients,  EurekAlert, June 27, 2007	Inherited genes linked to toxicity of leukemia therapy,  Medical News Today, June 24, 2007
Gene Chips Reveal Different Patterns Of Lymph Node Spread In Lung Cancer,  Medical News Today, June 27, 2007	Targeting key proteins of carcinogenesis,  EurekAlert, June 22, 2007
New genetic marker characterizes aggressiveness of cancer cells,  Bioresearch Online, June 26, 2007	Mathematics reveals genetic pattern of tumor growth,  Today@UCI, June 21
Researchers track influence of cancer inhibitor on single DNA molecule,  Science Daily, June 26, 2007

Acetaldehyde, polymorphisms and the cardiovascular system
Yin SJ & Peng GS
Novartis Found Symp 2007;285:52-63; discusion 63-8, 198-9

Genetic, pathogenetic, and phenotypic implications of the mitochondrial A3243G tRNALeu(UUR) mutation
Finsterer J
Acta Neurol Scand 2007 Jul;116(1):1-14

HaploBuild: An algorithm to construct noncontiguous associated haplotypes in family-based genetic studies
Laramie JM, et al.
Bioinformatics 2007 Jun

Evaporative cooling feature selection for genotypic data involving interactions
McKinney BA, et al.
Bioinformatics 2007 Jun

Cytokine gene polymorphism and progression of renal and cardiovascular diseases
Rao M, et al.
Kidney Int 2007 Jun

Pharmacogenetics and smoking cessation with nicotine replacement therapy
Ray R, et al.
CNS Drugs 2007;21(7):525-33

None this week.

 

A randomized controlled trial of a brief self-help coping intervention designed to reduce distress when awaiting genetic risk information
Bennett P, et al.
J Psychosom Res 2007 Jul;63(1):59-64

Hereditary Thrombophilia and Venous Thromboembolism: Critical Evaluation of the Clinical Implications of Screening
Mazzolai L & Duchosal MA
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2007 Jun

Deciphering the role of heterozygous mutations in genes associated with parkinsonism
Klein C, et al.
Lancet Neurol 2007 Jul;6(7):652-62

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 June 27, 2007, there are HuGE articles in the following areas:

Gene Variant Frequency
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Neoplasms
Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
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 Congenital Anomalies
Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
Injury and Poisoning

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