Genomics & Health Impact Update

The Office of Public Health Genomics (OPHG) provides updated and credible information on how genomic information and family health history can improve health and influence policy and practice. We highlight news and information on the use of genomic tests and other applications, including family health history, in clinical and public health practice and programs, along with relevant data, policy, and legislation. We hope the update is informative  to practitioners, policy makers, consumers, and researchers. Please send your comments to: genetics@cdc.gov.

Thursday, May 19, 2011       Volume 26   Number 20

Spotlight

Newborn Screening as one of ten great public health achievements

Newborn screening is featured in this week's MMWR as one of the 10 great public health achievements in the United States in the past decade.

 

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Announcements

• New publication, Thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) genotyping to predict myelosuppression risk, published in PloS Currents Evidence on Genomics Tests. Authors: Nguyen CM, Mendes M, Ma JD.
  
• New commentary, Deploying whole genome sequencing in clinical practice and public health: Meeting the challenge one bin at a time, published May 2011 in Genetics in Medicine.  Authors: Berg JS, Khoury MJ, Evans JP.
• In the Genomics and Health Impact blog, we will offer comments from a public health perspective on genomic research and programs conducted by CDC and other institutions around the world.  We will not provide individual medical advice or endorse specific commercial products. We encourage respectful comments and dialogue.
• Multiple State Genetics Programs have collected population-based genomic data using state surveillance systems which have been posted by the Oregon Public Health Division.
• A report “Generating Evidence for Genomic Diagnostic Test Development – Workshop Summary” based on the November 2010 workshop from the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health has been released.
• The second issue of the GAPPNet Quarterly Newsletter has been posted on the GAPPNet website.
  

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Topics

Genomic Tests

For more information on genomic applications in practice and prevention, please visit the GAPP Finder in the GAPP Knowledge Base.

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Family Health History

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Practice and Programs

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Policy and Legislation

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Data and Statistics

For this week's human genome epidemiology articles, please visit the HuGE Literature Finder in the HuGE Navigator.

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CDC-Authored Genomics Publications

CDC authors are indicated in bold

View previous CDC-authored publications

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Let's Go Surfing

Livestock genes could protect against one of Africa's oldest animal plagues, Seed Daily, May 18

High economic impact of Human Genome Project, PHG Foundation, May 12

Research to Reality, National Cancer Institute

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Events and Training

Third Annual Consumer Genetics Conference

2011 Genetic Alliance Annual Conference: 25 Years of Innovation

GEM'11 - The 2011 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods

Access other events

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