CDC’s Office of Public Health Genomics releases summary of 2008 activities and achievements.
	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.
	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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Strengthening the reporting of genetic association studies (STREGA): an extension of the STROBE statement Little J, et al. Eur J Epidemiol 2009 Feb

Strengthening the reporting of genetic association studies (STREGA): an extension of the STROBE Statement
Little J, et al.
Hum Genet 2009 Feb

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 RET protooncogene database: repository of MEN2-associated RET sequence variation and reference for genotype/phenotype correlations
Margraf RL, et al.
Hum Mutat 2009 Jan

Recent progress in the genetics of diabetes
Rich SS, et al.
Horm Res 2009 Jan;71 Suppl 1:17-23

An international external quality assessment for molecular diagnosis of hereditary recurrent fevers: a 3-year scheme demonstrates the need for improvement
Touitou I, et al.
Eur J Hum Genet 2009 Jan

What we know and what we would like to know about genetics and pulmonary arterial hypertension
Durrington HJ & Morrell NW
Int J Clin Pract 2009 Mar;63(s161The Pulmonary Hypertension

Prediction of BRCA Mutations Using the BRCAPRO Model in Clinic-Based African American, Hispanic, and Other Minority Families in the United States
Huo D, et al.
J Clin Oncol 2009 Feb

Germ-line DNA polymorphisms and susceptibility to differentiated thyroid cancer
Adjadj E, et al.
Lancet Oncol 2009 Feb;10(2):181-90

Alcohol and genetic polymorphisms: effect on risk of alcohol-related cancer
Druesne-Pecollo N, et al.
Lancet Oncol 2009 Feb;10(2):173-80

Identification of susceptibility genes for complex diseases using pooling-based genome-wide association scans
Bosse Y, et al.
Hum Genet 2009 Jan

Pharmacogenomics: Inter-ethnic and Intra-ethnic Differences in Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Profiles of Clinically Relevant Drugs
Ieiri I & Higuchi S
Yakugaku Zasshi 2009 Feb;129(2):231-5

Some principles and practices of genetic biobanking studies
Macleod AK, et al.
Eur Respir J 2009 Feb;33(2):419-25

Rh factor, family history and risk of breast cancer: A case-control study in Uruguay
Ronco AL, et al.
Cancer Detect Prev 2009 Jan

Genetic variants and family history predict prostate cancer similar to prostate-specific antigen
Zheng SL, et al.
Clin Cancer Res 2009 Feb;15(3):1105-11

 

Health behaviors among Ashkenazi Jewish individuals receiving counseling for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
Quach J, et al.
Fam Cancer 2009 Jan

The Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Hereditary Hemochromatosis in Germany: A  Remodeling Study
Rogowski WH
Med Decis Making 2009 Jan

Family communication, genetic testing and colonoscopy screening in hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer: a qualitative study
McCann S, et al.
Psychooncology 2009 Jan

Family members' perceptions of genetic testing for malignant melanoma - A prospective interview study
Bergenmar M, et al.
Eur J Oncol Nurs 2009 Jan

A regulatory science perspective on warfarin therapy: a pharmacogenetic opportunity
Kim MJ, et al.
J Clin Pharmacol 2009 Feb;49(2):138-46

Alpha-T-catenin (CTNNA3) gene was identified as a risk variant for toluene diisocyanate-induced asthma by genome-wide association analysis
Kim SH, et al.
Clin Exp Allergy 2009 Feb;39(2):203-12

Genome-wide association analyses suggested a novel mechanism for smoking behavior regulated by IL15
Liu YZ, et al.
Mol Psychiatry 2009 Feb

 

A meta-analysis of TP53 codon 72 polymorphism and lung cancer risk: Evidence from 15,857 subjects
Li Y, et al.
Lung Cancer 2009 Jan

 

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