HuGE Literature Finder, a tool of the HuGE Navigator, now provides a list of new scientific articles about human genome epidemiology published each week. Click on “since last uploaded” to obtain the most recent list.
	The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) seeks public comment on proposed regulations implementing Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA). Deadline: May 1, 2009. Read the press release.
	The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS) requests public comment on draft report on gene patents and licensing practices and their impact on patient access to genetic tests. Deadline: May 15, 2009. Read more.
	University of Washington Center for Genomics and Public Health hosts the 2009 Summer Institute in Public Health Genomics: Translating Genomics into Policy and Practice, June 22- 26, 2009 in Seattle Washington. Early bird registration deadline: May 18, 2009.

• 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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Genetics and Personal Genomics for Personalized Breast Cancer Surgery: Progress and Challenges in Research and Clinical Practice Ziogas D & Roukos DH Ann Surg Oncol 2009 Mar

Genetic Polymorphisms of the Natriuretic Peptide System in the Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular Disease: What Lies on the Horizon?
Vassalle C & Andreassi MG
Clin Chem 2009 Mar

Pharmacogenetics in diabetes
Pearson ER
Curr Diab Rep 2009 Apr;9(2):172-81

Genome-wide Association Studies in Type 2 Diabetes
McCarthy MI & Zeggini E
Curr Diab Rep 2009 Apr;9(2):164-71

Genome-wide Association Studies in Type 1 Diabetes
Grant SF & Hakonarson H
Curr Diab Rep 2009 Apr;9(2):157-63

Knowledge about hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; mutation carriers and  physicians at equal levels
Domanska K, et al.
BMC Med Genet 2009 Mar;10(1):30

Cytochrome P450 2D6 Genotyping: Potential Role in Improving Treatment Outcomes in Psychiatric Disorders
Kirchheiner J & Rodriguez-Antona C
CNS Drugs 2009;23(3):181-91

The etiology of autoimmune thyroid disease: A story of genes and environment
Tomer Y & Huber A
J Autoimmun 2009 Mar

Exploring Genetic Counselors' Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Schizophrenia
Monaco LC, et al.
Public Health Genomics 2009 Mar

Factors influencing intrafamilial communication of hereditary breast and ovarian  cancer genetic information
Nycum G, et al.
Eur J Hum Genet 2009 Mar

Clinical translation of genetic predictors for type 2 diabetes
Majithia AR & Florez JC
Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2009 Apr;16(2):100-6

Pathway analysis by adaptive combination of P-values
Yu K, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2009 Mar

Whole-genome association studies of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: are retroelements involved?
Mougeot JL, et al.
Trends Mol Med 2009 Mar

Genetic variations in esophageal cancer risk and prognosis
Cheung WY & Liu G
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2009 Mar;38(1):75-91, viii

 

Factor Analysis of Markers of Inflammation and Oxidation and Echocardiographic Findings in Children with a Positive Family History of Premature Coronary Heart Disease
Kelishadi R, et al.
Pediatr Cardiol 2009 Mar

Family History as a Risk Factor for Early-Onset Stroke/Transient Ischemic Attack  among Adults in the United States
Mvundura M, et al.
Public Health Genomics 2009 Mar

How young people find out about their family history of Huntington's disease
Forrest Keenan K, et al.
Soc Sci Med 2009 Mar

The value of family history as a risk indicator for venous thrombosis
Bezemer ID, et al.
Arch Intern Med 2009 Mar;169(6):610-5

Is family history of depression a risk factor for poststroke depression? Meta-analysis
Tenev VT, et al.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2009 Apr;17(4):276-80

 

Dilated cardiomyopathy caused by a novel TNNT2 mutation-Added value of genetic testing in the correct identification of affected subjects
Van Acker H, et al.
Int J Cardiol 2009 Mar

Risk Information Exposure and Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing for BRCA Mutations among Women with a Personal or Family History of Breast or Ovarian Cancer
Gray SW, et al.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009 Mar

Pediatricians' knowledge of and attitudes toward fragile X syndrome screening
Kemper AR & Bailey DB Jr
Acad Pediatr 2009 Mar-2009 Apr;9(2):114-7

 

A multistage genome-wide association study in breast cancer identifies two new risk alleles at 1p11.2 and 14q24.1 (RAD51L1)
Thomas G, et al.
Nat Genet 2009 Mar

A Novel Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Locus at 19q13
Hsu FC, et al.
Cancer Res 2009 Mar

 

A large-scale international meta-analysis of paraoxonase gene polymorphisms in sporadic ALS
Wills AM, et al.
Neurology 2009 Mar

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