CDC’s Office of Public Health Genomics releases summary of 2008 activities and achievements. (4.1MB)
	CDC to open a new Research Data Center (RDC) in Atlanta, Georgia in March 2009. Researchers and scientists can obtain secure access to health and vital statistics information collected by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics data systems. Confidentiality of the respondents and records is protected.
	Genetic Alliance is accepting submissions for Gene Screen: A Night of Film on Health and Genetics, to be held on July 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. For more information, contact genescreen@geneticalliance.org.
	The American Public Health Association (APHA) Genomics Forum makes a call for genomics-related abstracts (576KB) for the 137th APHA Annual Meeting & Expo to be held November 7-11, 2009, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Deadline: February 10, 2009. For more information, contact Dean Hosgood hosgoodd@mail.nih.gov.

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Cancer
St. Jude finds more than 100 gene variations linked with response to leukemia treatment, Medical News Today, January 28	Gene may lead to early onset of brain tumor, Medical News Today, January 27

How to use an article about genetic association: C: What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? Attia J, et al. JAMA 2009 Jan;301(3):304-8

Is there still a need for candidate gene approaches in the era of genome-wide association studies?
Wilkening S, et al.
Genomics 2009 Jan

DNA variations in human and medical genetics: 25 years of my experience
Nakamura Y
J Hum Genet 2009 Jan

Religiosity, spirituality, and psychological distress in African-Americans at risk for having a hereditary cancer predisposing gene mutation
Kinney AY, et al.
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2009 Jan;151C(1):13-21

New findings from genetic association studies of schizophrenia
Williams HJ, et al.
J Hum Genet 2009 Jan

Susceptibility genes for Kawasaki disease: toward implementation of personalized  medicine
Hata A & Onouchi Y
J Hum Genet 2009 Jan

The year in human and medical genetics. Highlights of 2007-2008
Smith M
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009 Jan;1151:1-21

p53 polymorphisms: cancer implications
Whibley C, et al.
Nat Rev Cancer 2009 Feb;9(2):95-107

Genotype-based matching to correct for population stratification in large-scale case-control genetic association studies
Guan W, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2009 Jan

Adaptively weighted association statistics
Leblanc M & Kooperberg C
Genet Epidemiol 2009 Jan

AssociationViewer: a scalable and integrated software tool for visualization of large-scale variation data in genomic data.context
Martin O, et al.
Bioinformatics 2009 Jan

When a Case Is Not a Case: Effects of Phenotype Misclassification on Power and Sample Size Requirements for the Transmission Disequilibrium Test with Affected Child Trios
Buyske S, et al.
Hum Hered 2009 Jan;67(4):287-92

Nicotine Dependence Pharmacogenetics: Role of Genetic Variation in Nicotine-Metabolizing Enzymes
Ray R, et al.
J Neurogenet 2009 Jan:1-10

Previous pulmonary disease and family cancer history increase the risk of lung cancer among Hong Kong women
Wang XR, et al.
Cancer Causes Control 2009 Jan

A new estimate of family disease history providing improved prediction of disease risks
Feng R, et al.
Stat Med 2009 Jan

Family history of haematopoietic malignancies and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma risk in  the California Teachers Study
Lu Y, et al.
Br J Cancer 2009 Jan

A comparison of models used to predict MLH1, MSH2 and MSH6 mutation carriers
Pouchet CJ, et al.
Ann Oncol 2009 Jan

 

Clarification of laboratory and clinical variables that influence cystic fibrosis newborn screening with initial analysis of immunoreactive trypsinogen
Kloosterboer M, et al.
Pediatrics 2009 Feb;123(2):e338-46

Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis
Southern KW, et al.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009(1):CD001402

Genome-wide scan reveals association of psoriasis with IL-23 and NF-kappaB pathways
Nair RP, et al.
Nat Genet 2009 Jan

Psoriasis genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility variants within LCE gene cluster at 1q21
Zhang XJ, et al.
Nat Genet 2009 Jan

Genome-wide Linkage and Association Analyses to Identify Genes Influencing Adiponectin Levels: The GEMS Study
Ling H, et al.
Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 Jan

Genome-wide association study of panic disorder in the Japanese population
Otowa T, et al.
J Hum Genet 2009 Jan

Genetic variants near TNFAIP3 on 6q23 are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus
Graham RR, et al.
Nat Genet 2008 Sep;40(9):1059-61

Genome-wide association study identifies ANXA11 as a new susceptibility locus for sarcoidosis
Hofmann S, et al.
Nat Genet 2008 Sep;40(9):1103-6

 

Glutathione S-transferase P1 gene polymorphism associated with gastric cancer among Caucasians
Zhou Y, et al.
Eur J Cancer 2009 Jan

 

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