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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 family health history evaluation study featured in the Best in Science section of the 2008 State of the CDC report. Read the Report. |
- 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 |
U.S. States expand newborn screening for life-threatening disorders,  Science Daily, February 26 |
Six questions consumers should ask about genetic tests, Yahoo, February, 24 |
About genetic testing, Washington Post, February 24 |
MyCode project helping researchers, pahomepage.com, February 23 |
Down Syndrome tests prompt new concerns, MSNBC, February 24 |
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Other News |
New tool for genome-wide association studies, EurekAlert, February 26 |
Gene therapy shows potential against HIV, News-Medical.Net, February 23 |
Ryogen is awarded patents on three human genes, Medical News Today, February 26 |
Genetic code could be used to offer ultimate personal care on the NHS, Times Online, February 23 |
Gene variant raises risk of uterine fibroids, U.S. News & World Health Report, February 24 |
Strengthening the reporting of genetic association studies (STREGA), PHG Foundation, February 23 |
Better sequence searches of genes and proteins, Medical News Today, February 24 |
Gene mutation increases drug toxicity, rejection risk in pediatric kidney transplants, Science Daily, February 20 |
From one genome, many types of cells. But how, International Herald Tribune, February 24 |
High-throughput genotyping of AML patients for a key immune receptor may significantly ..., Medical News Today, February 20 |
Childhood abuse damages genes, study finds, Reuters Health, February 23 |
A new page in the genetics of disease, Rutgers, February 20 |
Gene responsible for weight gain identified, The Times of India, February 23 |
decode receives California clinical laboratory
license, Bio-Medicine, February 19 |
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Does the MTHFR 677C->T variant affect the Recommended Dietary Allowance for folate in the US population?
Robitaille J, et al.
Am J Clin Nutr 2009 Feb
A multiple testing approach to high-dimensional association studies with an application to the detection of associations between risk factors of heart disease and genetic polymorphisms
Ferreira JA, et al.
Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol 2009 Jan;8(1):Article 7
Current evidence for a modulation of low back pain by human genetic variants
Tegeder I & Lotsch J
J Cell Mol Med 2009 Feb
The search for genetic polymorphisms in the homocysteine/folate pathway that contribute to the etiology of human neural tube defects
Molloy AM, et al.
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 2009 Feb
Using genome-wide pathway analysis to unravel the etiology of complex diseases
Elbers CC, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2009 Feb
Testing for genetic association in the presence of population stratification in genome-wide association studies
Wang K
Genet Epidemiol 2009 Feb
An integrative scoring system for ranking SNPs by their potential deleterious effects
Lee PH & Shatkay H
Bioinformatics 2009 Feb
The role of C-reactive protein polymorphisms in inflammation and cardiovascular risk
Hage FG & Szalai AJ
Curr Atheroscler Rep 2009 Mar;11(2):124-30
Mutual information for testing gene-environment interaction
Wu X, et al.
PLoS ONE 2009;4(2):e4578
Adapting the logical basis of tests for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium to the real needs of association studies in human and medical genetics
Goddard KA, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2009 Feb
Understanding type 1 diabetes genetics - approaches for identification of susceptibility genes in multi-factorial diseases
Bergholdt R
Dan Med Bull 2009 Feb;56(1):1-39
New insights into the genetics of addiction
Li MD & Burmeister M
Nat Rev Genet 2009 Feb
Clinically guided genetic screening in a large cohort of Italian patients with pheochromocytomas and/or functional or non-functional paragangliomas
Mannelli M, et al.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009 Feb
Genetic polymorphism in ornithine decarboxylase and risk of breast cancer
Brown I, et al.
Fam Cancer 2009 Feb
Can Population-Based Carrier Screening Be Left to the Community?
Raz AE
J Genet Couns 2009 Feb
A Genome-wide Analysis Identifies Genetic Variants in the RELN Gene Associated with Otosclerosis
Schrauwen I, et al.
Am J Hum Genet 2009 Feb
MTHFR C677T polymorphism contributes to prostate cancer risk among Caucasians: A meta-analysis of 3511 cases and 2762 controls
Bai JL, et al.
Eur J Cancer 2009 Feb
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