Victor Almon McKusick, M.D., University Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, known as the “Father of Medical Genetics,” died Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Read the press release.
	The National Institutes of Health announces two new funding opportunities for genomics translation research.
	Michigan Department of Community Health to assess consumer awareness and use of personal genome profiles. Read the 2009 Genomics BRFS survey proposal,(30KB) which can serve as a model for other interested states. Have questions? Send CDC an email at genetics@cdc.gov. Learn more about the BRFSS.
	Save the date! University of Washington to hold Summer Institute on Public Health Genomics June 15 - July 1, 2009. For more information, please contact Leslie Pfeifer.
	What's New at HuGENet™ July 2008

• 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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Genetic Research in Schizophrenia: New Tools and Future Perspectives Bertram L Schizophr Bull 2008 Jul

Combined haplotype relative risk (CHRR): a general and simple genetic association test that combines trios and unrelated case-controls
Guo CY, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2008 Jul

Cancer genomics and genetics of FGFR2 (Review)
Katoh M
Int J Oncol 2008 Aug;33(2):233-7

Molecular genetics of atrial fibrillation
Tsai CT, et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 Jul;52(4):241-50

Disease associations and family-based tests
Ewens WJ, et al.
Curr Protoc Hum Genet 2008 Jul;Chapter 1:Unit 1.12

Role of UGT1A1 *28 and UGT1A1 *6 for Irinotecan-induced Adverse Drug Reaction
Onoue M & Inui K
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2008 Jul;35(7):1080-5

Guidelines for Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis in Newborns through Older Adults: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Consensus Report
Farrell PM, et al.
J Pediatr 2008 Aug;153(2):S4-S14

The genetics of clinical outcome in multiple sclerosis
Ramagopalan SV, et al.
J Neuroimmunol 2008 Jul

Schizophrenia: from genes to phenes to disease
Allan CL, et al.
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2008 Aug;10(4):339-43

The clinical impact of pharmacogenetics on the treatment of epilepsy
Loscher W, et al.
Epilepsia 2008 Jul

The continued need to synthesize the results of genetic associations across multiple studies
Yesupriya A, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Jul

Acquisition and disclosure of genetic information under alternative policy regimes: an economic analysis
Wilson D
Health Econ Policy Law 2006 Jul;1(Pt 3):263-76

Function2Gene: a gene selection tool to increase the power of genetic association studies by utilizing public databases and expert knowledge
Armstrong DL, et al.
BMC Bioinformatics 2008 Jul;9(1):311

The Application of Genetic Information for Regulatory Standard Setting Under the  Clean Air Act: A Decision-Analytic Approach
Cullen AC, et al.
Risk Anal 2008 Jul

Genes and irritable bowel syndrome: is there a link?
Saito YA
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2008 Aug;10(4):355-62

Parallel and serial computing tools for testing single-locus and epistatic SNP effects of quantitative traits in genome-wide association studies
Ma L, et al.
BMC Bioinformatics 2008 Jul;9(1):315

A comprehensive review of the genetics of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Prahalad S & Glass DN
Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2008 Jul;6(1):11

Bayes factors for genome-wide association studies: comparison with P-values
Wakefield J
Genet Epidemiol 2008 Jul

Family history of chronic disease and participation in healthy behaviours
Gibbison GA & Johnson CD
Health Econ Policy Law 2007 Jul;2(Pt 3):297-315

The impact of family history of breast cancer and cancer death on women's mammography practices and beliefs
Tracy KA, et al.
Genet Med 2008 Jul

Effect of parental family history of Alzheimer's disease on serial position profiles
La Rue A, et al.
Alzheimers Dement 2008 Jul;4(4):285-90

 

The phases of disclosing BRCA1/2 genetic information to offspring
Clarke S, et al.
Psychooncology 2008 Jul

Genetic susceptibility of diabetic retinopathy
Patel S, et al.
Curr Diab Rep 2008 Aug;8(4):257-62

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 July 23, 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
Congenital Anomalies
Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period
Injury and Poisoning

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