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Thursday, July 3, 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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New computational tool to study complex clusters of genes,
News-Medical.com, July 3 |
GILZ protein may have big role in making more bone and less fat,
News-Medical.com, July 1 |
UC San Diego Undergraduates Forge New Area Of Bioinformatics,
Medical News Today, July 3 |
Electrostatic-based RNA assays technique could revolutionize medical diagnostics,
News-Medical.com, June 30 |
HapMap Browsing And DDDP Methods For Genetic Analysis Featured In CSH Protocols,
Medical News Today, July 3 |
Sexual Orientation, Genetics And Environmental Factors,
Medical News Today, June 30 |
Genetic link between Crohn's and asthma discovered,
News-Medical.com, July 2 |
Respiratory Function Conditioned By Inflammation Markers And Genetic Profile,
Medical News Today, June 30 |
10,000 people in world-first cerebral palsy study,
EurekAlert, July2 |
RNA Engineering To Combat Series Of Illnesses Wins Kaye Award For Hebrew University Dean,
Medical News Today, June 30 |
Fifteen Human Genomes Each Week - The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Hits 1 Terabase,
Medical News Today, July 2 |
Complexity of Crohn's disease revealed as 'gene' count tops 30,
e! Science News, June 29 |
Pediatric Researchers Find Possible 'Master Switch' Gene In Juvenile Arthritis,
Medical News Today, July 2 |
Salk Institute Partners with the foundation for Prader-Willi research to study extreme obesity-related genetic disorder,
Medical News Today, June 27 |
Genes Get Out the Vote,
Yahoo News, July 1 |
Clinical Data secures European patent for key multi-drug resistance gene,
News-Medical.com, June 26 |
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Polygenes, risk prediction, and targeted prevention of breast cancer
Pharoah PD, et al.
N Engl J Med 2008 Jun;358(26):2796-803
Genetic factors in drug metabolism
Belle DJ & Singh H
Am Fam Physician 2008 Jun;77(11):1553-60
An update on the pathophysiology and genetics of restless legs syndrome
Trotti LM, et al.
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2008 Jul;8(4):281-7
Evaluating the Effects of Imputation on the Power, Coverage, and Cost Efficiency of Genome-wide SNP Platforms
Anderson CA, et al.
Am J Hum Genet 2008 Jun
Hereditary breast cancer: new genetic developments, new therapeutic avenues
Campeau PM, et al.
Hum Genet 2008 Jun
Pharmacogenetic treatments for drug addiction: alcohol and opiates
Haile CN, et al.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 2008;34(4):355-81
Genetic polymorphisms and endometrial cancer risk
Meyer LA, et al.
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2008 Jul;8(7):1159-67
A Test for Genetic Association that Incorporates Information about Deviation from Hardy-Weinberg Proportions in Cases
Wang J & Shete S
Am J Hum Genet 2008 Jun
Accuracy of Family History of Hemochromatosis or Iron Overload: The Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening Study
Acton RT, et al.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008 Jun
Familiality of major depressive disorder and patterns of lifetime comorbidity. The NEMESIS and GenMood studies : A comparison of three samples
Verhagen M, et al.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2008 Jun
Family history of malignancies and risk of breast cancer: prospective data from the Shanghai women's health study
Kilfoy BA, et al.
Cancer Causes Control 2008 Jun
Family History of Pancreatic Cancer in a High-Risk Cancer Clinic: Implications for Risk Assessment
Hall MJ, et al.
J Genet Couns 2008 Jun
Tolerance for ambiguity could influence awareness of breast cancer genetic testing and inform health education
Quillin JM, et al.
Cancer Causes Control 2008 Jul
A model for offering carrier screening for fragile X syndrome to nonpregnant women: results from a pilot study
Metcalfe S, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Jun
Confidentiality, privacy, and security of genetic and genomic test information in electronic health records: points to consider
McGuire AL, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Jun
Primary care physicians' willingness to offer a new genetic test to tailor smoking treatment, according to test characteristics
Shields AE, et al.
Nicotine Tob Res 2008 Jun;10(6):1037-45
Infant hearing loss and connexin testing in a diverse population
Schimmenti LA, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Jun
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