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___________________________________________________________________________ BioMed Central, the Open Access publisher Submit your research to our genetics and genomics journals for: efficient peer-review, inclusion in PubMed, fast publication, free access online, high visibility, and copyright retention. http://www.biomedcentral.com ___________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - June 22, 2004 - http://hum-molgen.org 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 - Second-Generation Antisense Inhibitors Provide New Insights Into Metabolic Disease and Potential Treatments Isis and Collaborators Present Data From 4 Preclinical Studies at American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg20.html - Genetic vaccine promising against chronic hepatitis C HCV NS3-based genetic vaccines effectively primed both humoral and cellular immune responses in mice. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg19.html - Newly grown kidneys can sustain life in rats Researchers take critical first step toward using animal tissue transplants to treat kidney failure http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg18.html - NIH Launches First Center In Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network Initiative Will Generate New Tools to Accelerate Study of Human Disease http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg17.html - A Gene That Keeps Species Apart Daniel Barbash and colleagues identify a true speciation gene in the fruitfly Drosophila. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg16.html - Therapeutic cloning may be permitted at Newcastle University A special licensing committee of the UK Human Fertilization & Embryology Authority (HFEA) met to decide whether to grant a license to scientists at The Center for Life at Newcastle University. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg15.html - Alzheimer's May Leave Some Forms of Memory Intact People with Alzheimer's disease retain a specific form of memory used for rote learning of skills, even as their memories of people and events are extinguished. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg14.html - Researcher Issues Caution On Live Virus Vaccines Live virus vaccines to prevent infectious diseases like West Nile virus and yellow fever could have dire consequences. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg13.html - Keeping Drugs Stable Without Refrigeration Rapidly solidified sugars preserve proteins best when they suppress tiny, molecular motions lasting a nanosecond or less. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg12.html - Gene Related To DNA Repair And Cancer Risk A protein long thought to be involved in repairing DNA that is damaged during normal metabolic processes is linked to tumour suppression. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg11.html - Drug Tested At OHSU Prevents MS-like Disease In Animals LGD5552, a non-steroidal selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator, prevented disease development when tested on animal models. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg10.html - New Method to Identify Blood Proteins May Spur Novel Disease Marker Discoveries Using conventional technologies, researchers have developed a new method for identifying proteins found in trace quantities in the blood. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2004/msg09.html - Contact Genetic News editors news@hum-molgen.org DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact admin@hum-molgen.org Biotechnical requests and sources http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnology/ - 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Genetics: PhD student position TIGEM, Napoli, 80131, Italy http://hum-molgen.org/positions/predoctoral/0487.html - Neurology / Neuroscience: POSTDOC, mol/cell neurobiology Harvard Medical School, NEPRC, Southborough http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2444.html - Neurology / Neuroscience: Ph.D. student /graduate student / DoktorandIn A.Butenandt-Institute, University of Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany http://hum-molgen.org/positions/predoctoral/0491.html - Others: Student Assistant UMDNJ, PISCATAWAY, 08854 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/assistant/0163.html - Write a position announcement (free) http://hum-molgen.org/cgi-bin/positions.pl?write0 Events in bioscience and medicine http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/ - Fourth Virtual Conference on Genomics and Bioinformatics Orion Integrated Biosciences, Virtual Locations around the World September 21-14, 2005 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2426.html - FENS Forum 2006 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Vienna 8th - 12th July, 2006 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2424.html - International New Cardiovascular Technologies Congress Laval University, Quebec City, CANADA 10-11 September 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2423.html - 8th PanAmerican Congress on Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 3-7, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2422.html - IBC's Delivery Strategies for Proteins and Peptides IBC Life Sciences, Hilton Boston Loga Airport, Boston, MA October 4-6, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2421.html - bioLOGIC USA Terrapinn Ltd, Radisson Hotel Boston, Boston, USA 18 - 20 October 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2420.html - INFECTIOUS DISEASE 2004 BOARD REVIEW COURSE Center for Bio-Medical Communication, Inc., McLean, Virginia -- The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner October 9 – 13, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/0557.html - STRATEGIC PRICING marcus evans Life Sciences, London, England 2004-09-23 to 2004-09-24 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2419.html - IBC's Formulation Strategies for Protein Therapeutics IBC Life Sciences, Hilton Boston Logan Airport, Boston, MA October 4-6, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2417.html - 3rd International Metabolic Diseases Drug Discovery World Summit Sheraton San Diego Marina & Hotel, San Diego, CA July 26-27, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2416.html - 6th Annual Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery & Development Summit Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA July 21-23, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2415.html - 3rd Annual Antibody World Summit The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia, PA July 19-21, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2413.html - 8th International Outsourcing of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Discovery & Manufacturing Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia, PA July 14-15, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2412.html - CNS Diseases Congress Adam's Mark Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA June 28-29, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2411.html - Pharmaceutical Growth & Profitability Executive Summit Park Hyatt at the Bellevue, Philadelphia, PA June 21-22, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2410.html - Horizons in Livestock Sciences Conference CSIRO, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia September 12-15, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2409.html - IBC's Delivery Strategies for Proteins and Peptides Hilton Logan Boston Airport, Boston, MA October 4-6, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2408.html - Modern Drug Discovery and Development GTCbio, San Diego, CA Oct. 18-19, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2407.html - 13th Annual Short Course on Experimental Genetics of the Laboratory Mouse in Cancer Research The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine August 22 - September 2, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/0556.html - Write a meetings announcement (free) http://hum-molgen.org/cgi-bin/meetings.pl?write0 Registry of Biomedical Companies (819 active entries) http://hum-molgen.org/companies/ Mailing List Administration (Join or leave the list) http://hum-molgen.org/subscribe-na/ Feedback contact HUM-MOLGEN@nic.surfnet.nl Advertise at HUM-MOLGEN contact FS Zollmann (dialogue@hum-molgen.org) ___________________________________________________________________________ BioMed Central, the Open Access publisher of: BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Biology, BMC Biotechnology, BMC Genetics, BMC Genomics, BMC Medical Genetics, Genome Biology, Journal of Biology and more than 100 other peer-reviewed Open Access journals. 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