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Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
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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’s Office of Public Health Genomics releases summary of 2008 activities and achievements. (4.1MB)
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
- 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 Testing |
Breakthrough in prenatal screening for Down syndrome, News-Medical.Net, January 29 |
Consumers desire more genetic testing, but not designer babies, Newswire, January 26 |
Jewish Community Center offers genetic testing, Patriot-News, January 27 |
Advances in genomics research yield both promise, risk for medicine, Endocrine Today, January 25 |
Oversight needed for genetic cancer tests, The Globe and Mail, January 27 |
AutoGenomics CYP 2C19 test used in study to personalize Clopidogrel (Plavix) dosing in
patients, Medical News Today, January 23 |
Other News |
New chair and members of the Human Genetics Commission..., Medical News Today, January 29 |
Extending human life--and data, Forbes, January 26 |
CLC Bio bridges digital and analogue gene expression with the new version of CLC genomics workbench, Medical News Today, January 28 |
NCGR breaks the 20 billion DNA sequence barrier with Illumina Genome Analyzer, Medical News Today, January 26 |
Gene therapy cures form of 'bubble boy disease', USA Today, January 28 |
Compromised skin barrier function plays a role in psorasis development, EurekAlert, January 25 |
Gene therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: promising results, News-Medical.Net, January 28 |
Roche NimbleGen Microarray Technology enables the highest-resolution... , Medical News Today, January 25 |
Bridging the gap between research and clinical practice: Genome medicine, Medical News Today, January 27 |
Genetic interactions are the key to understanding complex traits, Medical News Today, January 23 |
Genes may influence popularity, Medical News Today, January 27 |
An open access database of genome-wide association results, 7th Space, January 22 |
2009 Annual clinical genetics meeting, March 25-29: Far-reaching genetics topics to be addressed, Medical News Today, January 26 |
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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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