New Genomics Forum of the American Public Health Association was approved this month. Interested individuals can join for free.
	The Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society invites input on the Committee’s draft report, U.S. System of Oversight of Genetic Testing: A Response to the Charge of the Secretary of HHS, by December 21, 2007.
	What's New in HuGENet™ November 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.
• Free registration required for some articles.
  
  

Identifying genetic risk factors for serious adverse drug reactions: current progress and challenges
Wilke RA, et al.
Nat Rev Drug Discov 2007 Nov;6(11):904-16

Investigating gene environment interaction in complex diseases: increasing power  by selective sampling for environmental exposure
Boks MP, et al.
Int J Epidemiol 2007 Oct

Testing and Estimating Gene-Environment Interactions in Family-Based Association  Studies
Vansteelandt S, et al.
Biometrics 2007 Oct

The role of circadian clock genes in mental disorders
Lamont EW, et al.
Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2007;9(3):333-42

Colon Cancer Family Registry: An International Resource for Studies of the Genetic Epidemiology of Colon Cancer
Newcomb PA, et al.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 Nov

Sequentially testing for a gene-drug interaction in a genomewide analysis
Kelly P, et al.
Stat Med 2007 Nov

Use of whole-genome association scans in disease gene identification, drug discovery and development
Roses AD, et al.
IDrugs 2007 Nov;10(11):797-804

How Risk is Perceived, Constructed and Interpreted by Clients in Clinical Genetics, and the Effects on Decision Making: Systematic Review
Sivell S, et al.
J Genet Couns 2007 Oct

Human Genetics: The Hidden Text of Genome-wide Associations
Gibson G & Goldstein DB
Curr Biol 2007 Nov;17(21):R929-32

Cholesterol screening in school children: is family history reliable to choose the ones to screen?
Derinoz O, et al.
Acta Paediatr 2007 Oct

Family history of breast or ovarian cancer modifies the risk of secondary leukemia after breast cancer: Results from a population-based study
Verkooijen HM, et al.
Int J Cancer 2007 Oct

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 November 7, 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
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue

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