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___________________________________________________________________________ RNAi and siRNA The facts behind the hype: from biology to applications 3-4 February 2004, Renaissance Zürich Hotel, Switzerland http://www.ibc-lifesci.com/rnai/default.asp?src=hm ___________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - November 18, 2003 - http://hum-molgen.org DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - Dorfman-Chanarin syndrome http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000158.html - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact hum-molgen@nic.surfnet.nl Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, W. Kalle, A.W.I. Lo, R.V. Nemade, U. Sattler, F.S. Zollmann http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - Amersham Licenses Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease PET Agents from University of Pittsburgh Strategy is to identify a lead candidate for clinical evaluation as a PET (Positron Emission Tomography) diagnostic and monitoring agent http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg25.html - Potential Multi-Biomarker Test for Alzheimer’s Ciphergen Announces Discovery of a Potential Test using SELDI ProteinChip® Technology http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg24.html - Technique May Identify Novel Disease Genes at a Faster Clip New tool to find the RNA targets of proteins involved in neurological diseases. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg23.html - Cholesterol Lowering Gene Increases Longevity Genetic variation in a gene known for playing a key role in lipoprotein production also appears to be significantly overrepresented in centenarians. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg22.html - Novel DNA-repair Gene Mutation Can Cause Resistance To Cancer Drugs Base Excision Repair Enzyme MED1 Mediates DNA Damage Response to Anti-Tumor Drugs and Is Associated with Mismatch Repair System Integrity http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg21.html - PubMed Search by Protein Name PubMed Search by Protein Name Available Free at Ariadne Genomics Web Site http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg20.html - NHGRI Funds Next Generation Of Large-Scale Sequencing Centers New Efforts Will Build on Success of the Human Genome Project http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg19.html - World’s First Comprehensive Proteomics Map of Multicellular Organism Completed by CuraGen Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster) is a Proven Model System for Many Aspects of Human Biology and Drug Development. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg18.html - Women’s Symptoms are New or Different Prior to Heart Attack This study is one of the initial investigations of women's experience with heart attacks, and how this experience differs from men's. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg17.html - Beyond biology: Simple system yields custom-designed proteins Technique could lead to new drugs as well as industrial processes http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg16.html - FDA Issues Guidance on Pharmacogenomics Data Guidance intended to ensure that evolving policies are based on the best science; provide public confidence in this new field http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg15.html - FDA Issues Draft Executive Summary of its Assessment of Safety of Animal Cloning Current Voluntary Moratorium on Releasing Animal Clones Remains in Effect http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2003/msg14.html - Contact Genetic News editors news@hum-molgen.org Biotechnical requests and sources http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnology - Post request or source http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnical-request-posting Literature http://hum-molgen.org/literature/ - Strachan, Read 1999. Human Molecular Genetics 2. 2nd ed. (NCBI Bookshelf) Guide for students and researchers on the latest developments in this area. http://hum-molgen.org/literature/11-2003/msg03.html - Brown 2002. Genomes. 2nd ed. (NCBI Bookshelf) Genomes attempts to bring a fresh approach to the teaching of undergraduate molecular biology. http://hum-molgen.org/literature/11-2003/msg02.html - Glick BR, Pasternak JJ. 2003. Molecular Biotechnology. 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