New article, EGAPP, A Current Web Site for Credible Genetic Information, (1MB) published in the February 28, 2009 issue of AAPA News for physician assistants.
	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.
	CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Museum features a new exhibit, Your Genes and Your Choices,  from February 26 - May 29, 2009. This exhibit is open to the public. For more information, please contact Judy Gantt.
	NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute launches, Genetics and Genomics for Health Professionals, a new web site with reliable information related to patient management, curricular resources, ELSI issues, and more.

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Pharmspresso: a text mining tool for extraction of pharmacogenomic concepts and relationships from full text Garten Y & Altman RB BMC Bioinformatics 2009;10 Suppl 2:S6

Nutrigenetics and personalised nutrition: how far have we progressed and are we likely to get there?
Rimbach G & Minihane AM
Proc Nutr Soc 2009 Feb:1-11

Detecting disease-associated genotype patterns
Long Q, et al.
BMC Bioinformatics 2009;10 Suppl 1:S75

Comparison of automated candidate gene prediction systems using genes implicated  in type 2 diabetes by genome-wide association studies
Teber ET, et al.
BMC Bioinformatics 2009;10 Suppl 1:S69

Pharmacoepigenetics: Its Role in Interindividual Differences in Drug Response
Gomez A & Ingelman-Sundberg M
Clin Pharmacol Ther 2009 Feb

Identifying hypothetical genetic influences on complex disease phenotypes
Keller BJ & McEachin RC
BMC Bioinformatics 2009;10 Suppl 2:S13

Identifying disease associations via genome-wide association studies
Huang W, et al.
BMC Bioinformatics 2009;10 Suppl 1:S68

A random forest approach to the detection of epistatic interactions in case-control studies
Jiang R, et al.
BMC Bioinformatics 2009;10 Suppl 1:S65

The impact of pharmacogenetics on HIV therapy
Mahungu TW, et al.
Int J STD AIDS 2009 Mar;20(3):145-51

Nutrigenomics approaches to functional foods
Ferguson LR
J Am Diet Assoc 2009 Mar;109(3):452-8

Genomic and proteomic biomarkers for Parkinson disease
Gasser T
Neurology 2009 Feb;72(7 Suppl):S27-31

Genetic variation as a predictor of smoking cessation success. A promising preventive and intervention tool for chronic respiratory diseases?
Quaak M, et al.
Eur Respir J 2009 Mar;33(3):468-80

 

Is a Family History of Bipolar Disorder a Risk Factor for Migraine among Affectively Ill Patients?
Dilsaver SC, et al.
Psychopathology 2009 Feb;42(2):119-23

Individuals with a family history of ESRD are a high-risk population for CKD: implications for targeted surveillance and intervention activities
McClellan WM, et al.
Am J Kidney Dis 2009 Mar;53(3 Suppl 3):S100-6

Epidemiology and molecular genetics of colorectal cancer in iran: a review
Malekzadeh R, et al.
Arch Iran Med 2009 Mar;12(2):161-9

Family History and Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results from a Case-Control Study and Systematic Meta-Analysis
Clague J, et al.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009 Feb

 

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in women of different ethnicities undergoing testing for hereditary breast-ovarian cancer
Hall MJ, et al.
Cancer 2009 Feb

Interrogating Type 2 Diabetes Genome-Wide Association Data Using a Biological Pathway-Based Approach
Perry JR, et al.
Diabetes 2009 Feb

Genome-wide Association Scan for Diabetic Nephropathy Susceptibility Genes in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Pezzolesi MG, et al.
Diabetes 2009 Feb

Association of Variants in MANEA With Cocaine-Related Behaviors
Farrer LA, et al.
Arch Gen Psychiatry 2009 Mar;66(3):267-74

Diverse Genome-wide Association Studies Associate the IL12/IL23 Pathway with Crohn Disease
Wang K, et al.
Am J Hum Genet 2009 Feb

Genome-wide Association and Follow-Up Replication Studies Identified ADAMTS18 and TGFBR3 as Bone Mass Candidate Genes in Different Ethnic Groups
Xiong DH, et al.
Am J Hum Genet 2009 Feb

Genome-wide and candidate gene association study of cigarette smoking behaviors
Caporaso N, et al.
PLoS ONE 2009;4(2):e4653

Identification of IFRD1 as a modifier gene for cystic fibrosis lung disease
Gu Y, et al.
Nature 2009 Feb

 

Meta- and Pooled Analysis of GSTP1 Polymorphism and Lung Cancer: A HuGE-GSEC Review
Cote ML, et al.
Am J Epidemiol 2009 Feb

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