CDC's National Office of Public Health Genomics announces a new funding opportunity for those interested in genomics translation research.
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	The Genomics Forum of the American Public Health Association is soliciting abstracts for the 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition on October 25-29, 2008, in San Diego, California.
	HuGENet™ What's New December 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.
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Clustered Environments and Randomized Genes: A Fundamental Distinction between Conventional and Genetic Epidemiology
Smith GD, et al.
PLoS Med 2007 Dec;4(12):e352

Retention of African American women in cancer genetics research
Halbert CH, et al.
Am J Med Genet A 2007 Dec

Genetic susceptibility in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Lochan R, et al.
Br J Surg 2007 Dec

PTPN22: its role in SLE and autoimmunity
Chung SA & Criswell LA
Autoimmunity 2007 Dec;40(8):582-90

Fc receptor genes and the systemic lupus erythematosus diathesis
Brown EE, et al.
Autoimmunity 2007 Dec;40(8):567-81

Utah Family-Based Analysis: Past, Present and Future
Cannon Albright LA
Hum Hered 2007 Dec;65(4):209-20

Universal False Discovery Rate Estimation Methodology for Genome-Wide Association Studies
Forner K, et al.
Hum Hered 2007 Dec;65(4):183-94

Hereditary Breast Cancer: Part I. Diagnosing Hereditary Breast Cancer Syndromes
Lynch HT, et al.
Breast J 2007 Dec

Hereditary Breast Cancer: Part II. Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer: Implications of Molecular Genetics and Pathology
Silva E, et al.
Breast J 2007 Dec

Genetics of late-onset Alzheimer's disease: progress and prospect
Li Y & Grupe A
Pharmacogenomics 2007 Dec;8(12):1747-55

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene: prospects for treatment of heart disease
Cooke GE, et al.
Pharmacogenomics 2007 Dec;8(12):1723-34

Three lectures on case control genetic association analysis
Li W
Brief Bioinform 2007 Dec

Novel primary immunodeficiencies revealed by the investigation of paediatric infectious diseases
Bustamante J, et al.
Curr Opin Immunol 2007 Dec

Genetic developments in autoimmune thyroid disease: an evolutionary process
Zeitlin AA, et al.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2007 Dec

Translational mini-review series on complement factor H: genetics and disease associations of human complement factor H
de Cordoba SR & de Jorge EG
Clin Exp Immunol 2008 Jan;151(1):1-13

NPC-db, a Niemann-Pick type C disease gene variation database
Runz H, et al.
Hum Mutat 2007 Dec

Information Disclosure in Population-Based Research Involving Genetics: A Framework for the Practice of Ethics in Epidemiology
Kristman VL & Kreiger N
Ann Epidemiol 2007 Dec

Research highlights from the literature
Jordan J
Clin Auton Res 2007 Dec;17(6):331-3

 

Assessment of the psychological effects of genetic screening for hereditary hemochromatosis
Elsass P, et al.
Ann Hematol 2007 Dec

Adipose tissue-specific PPARgamma deficiency increases resistance to oxidative stress
Luo W, et al.
Exp Gerontol 2007 Nov

Health-related quality of life in a racially diverse population screened for hemochromatosis: results from the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening (HEIRS) study
Wenzel LB, et al.
Genet Med 2007 Oct;9(10):705-12

Genetic screening for reproductive purposes at school: Is it a good strategy?
Frumkin A & Zlotogora J
Am J Med Genet A 2007 Dec

Molecular Diagnostics in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Utility and Limitations
Zhao X, et al.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2007 Dec

 

Screening for dyslipidemia based on family history combined with obesity in children
Yan H, et al.
Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao 2007 Dec;39(6):591-4

Genetics: What Advice for Patients Who Present With a Family History of Melanoma?
Newton Bishop JA & Gruis NA
Semin Oncol 2007 Dec;34(6):452-9

Universal risk factors for multifactorial diseases : LifeLines: a three-generation population-based study
Stolk RP, et al.
Eur J Epidemiol 2007 Dec

Family history and the risk of oral and pharyngeal cancer
Garavello W, et al.
Int J Cancer 2007 Dec

Morbidity and mortality in first-degree relatives of C282Y homozygous probands with clinically detected haemochromatosis compared with the general population: the Hemochromatosis FAmily Study (HEFAS)
Jacobs EM, et al.
Neth J Med 2007 Dec;65(11):425-33

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 December 19, 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
Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium
Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-defined Conditions

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