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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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- 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 |
How aging affects cancer risk and outcomes, Medical News Today, April 17 |
Mouth may tell the tale of lung damage caused by smoking, Medical News Today, April 14 |
Gene variants indicate opposite survival outcomes for women and men with colon cancer, Medical News Today, April 16 |
New insights into the genetic basis of resistance to chemotherapy in children with acute leukemia, EurekAlert, April 14 |
Biomarkers allow doctors to match therapy to patient, News-Medical.Net, April 14 |
Preclinical study shows CTI's brostallicin's cancer-killing ability based on genetic profiling, GEN, April 14 |
Discovery of small molecule that disrupts Ewing's sarcoma oncogene, News-Medical.Net, April 14 |
Smoking related to subset of colorectal cancers with absent DNA repair proteins, Medical News Today, April 14 |
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Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) |
OpenHelix joins coalition for genetic fairness, Yahoo News, April 16 |
May we scan your genome, Newsweek, April 12 |
Study: Some students confused by genetics, Physorg.com, April 15 |
Groups push a genetic bank, Portland Tribune, April 11 |
Does knowing your genetic risks lead to better health, Los Angeles Times, April 14 |
Project aims to find causes of genetic disease, The Daily Northwestern, April 11 |
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Other News |
Iron deficiency cause, News-Medical.Net, April 14 |
Geneticist Francis Collins named first recipient of Inamori ethics prize at Case Western Reserve, Medical News Today, April 11 |
Largest ever study of genetics of common disease just got bigger, Physorg.com, April 14 |
Need for biopsies may be reduced by
biomarkers, Medical News Today, April 11 |
Your genetic rundown on a chip, Los Angeles Times, April 14 |
Northeastern University professor receives 1.4 million dollar NIH grant to study genetics of resistant bacteria, Medical News Today, April 11 |
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Mutations, structural variations, and genome-wide resequencing: where to from here in our understanding of disease and evolution?
Tabone T
Hum Mutat 2008 Apr
Variance estimation of allele-based odds ratio in the absence of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Zintzaras E
Eur J Epidemiol 2008 Apr
Nutrition and breast cancer among sporadic cases and gene mutation carriers: An overview
Bissonauth V, et al.
Cancer Detect Prev 2008 Apr
Genetic polymorphisms as a risk factor for anorexia nervosa
Sulek S, et al.
Prague Med Rep 2007;108(3):215-25
Human MHC architecture and evolution: implications for disease association studies
Traherne JA
Int J Immunogenet 2008 Apr
Personalizing foods: is genotype necessary?
Fay LB & German JB
Curr Opin Biotechnol 2008 Apr
Genetics of biliary tract diseases: new insights into gallstone disease and biliary tract cancers
Hoblinger A & Lammert F
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2008 May;24(3):363-71
Familial aggregation of gastric cancer
Sugimura H
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2008 Apr;35(4):551-6
Identifying Host Targets for Drug Development with Knowledge from Genome-wide Studies: Lessons from HIV-AIDS
Winkler CA
Cell Host Microbe 2008 Apr;3(4):203-5
Cancer risk assessment and the genetic counseling process: using hereditary breast and ovarian cancer as an example
Prucka SK, et al.
Med Princ Pract 2008;17(3):173-89
Intention to communicate BRCA1/BRCA2 genetic test results to the family
Barsevick AM, et al.
J Fam Psychol 2008 Apr;22(2):303-12
Therapeutic consequences of thrombophilic testing
Constans J, et al.
Rev Med Interne 2008 Apr
The biochemical and clinical penetrance of individuals diagnosed with genetic haemochromatosis by predictive genetic testing
Watkins S, et al.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008 May;20(5):379-83
A family history study of binge-eating disorder
Lilenfeld LR, et al.
Compr Psychiatry 2008 May-2008 Jun;49(3):247-54
Family history of cancer and associated risk of developing neuroendocrine tumors: a case-control study
Hassan MM, et al.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 Apr;17(4):959-65
Positive association of apolipoprotein B gene C7673T polymorphism with cerebral hemorrhage with family history
Zhang L, et al.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi 2008 Apr;25(2):145-9
Genome-Wide Association Studies |
Genome-wide association analysis identifies 20 loci that influence adult height
Weedon MN, et al.
Nat Genet 2008 Apr
Effect of Variation in CHI3L1 on Serum YKL-40 Level, Risk of Asthma, and Lung Function
Ober C, et al.
N Engl J Med 2008 Apr
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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 April 16, 2008, 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
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-defined Conditions
Injury and Poisoning
For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page
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