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__________________________________________________________________________ CHI 5th Annual Pep Talk The Protein Information Week January 9-13, 2006 - San Diego, California http://hum-molgen.org/promotion-pt __________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - October 19, 2005 - http://hum-molgen.org Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, T. Dalaya, J. Mill, R. Nemade, D. Sharma, F.S. Zollmann http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - Clinical And Molecular Findings In Osteoporosis-Pseudoglioma Syndrome The authors sequenced the coding exons of the low-density lipoprotein receptor related protein 5 (LRP5) in 37 probands suspected of having autosomal recessive osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome (OPPG). http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg51.html - High-Resolution Whole-Genome Association Study Of Parkinson Disease The authors performed a two-tiered, whole-genome association study of Parkinson disease (PD). http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg50.html - Children With IH And BWS Have Different Constitutional Epigenotypes Associated With Wilms Tumor Study conducted on children with Wilms tumor and Idiopathic hemihypertrophy (IH), and Wilms tumor and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS). http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg49.html - Nanocrystals Detect DNA Fluorescent nanocrystals - also known as quantum dots - come in handy as DNA sensors. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg48.html - Maintaining Suppression A pair of reports show that the regulatory T (Treg) cells require the immune modulator interleukin 2 (IL-2) for their maintenance and long-term function rather than for development, as previously thought. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg47.html - Development Of Immune Cells Associated With Allergy And Asthma Two papers describe how one type of immune cell associated with allergic inflammation and autoimmunity ultimately causes disease. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg46.html - Malaria Protection -- Two Variants At Odds Study shows that co-inheritance of two of the most common Malaria genetic variants, which individually confer protection, may cancel the protective effects. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg45.html - Stealing Hepatitis C's Raft Scientists have found a new drug candidate that can be used to stop the liver-damaging Hepatitis C virus (HCV) from multiplying. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg44.html - Alzheimer's Disease - Understanding The Lipid Connection Scientists report on the function of a mysterious protein, how it affects Alzheimer's and its link to cholesterol. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg43.html - New Methods To Derive Embryonic Stem Cells Two papers published online now provide different means of deriving human embryonic stem cells, which involves embryo destruction, from mice without eliminating a cloned embryo that has the potential to develop. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg42.html - Abnormal Chromosome Numbers Produce Tumours two papers provide new, more direct evidence to support The idea that a failure of proper cell division produces genomic instability and promotes the development of cancer. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg41.html - Small Molecule Inhibitor Of Cholera Discovered Increasing antibiotic resistance requires the development of novel approaches to combating infection. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg40.html - Genetic Link To Tourette's Syndrome Sequence Variants in SLITRK1 Are Associated with Tourette's Syndrome. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg39.html - New Technique Adds Precision And Permanence To Gene Therapy Complete and persistent phenotypic correction of phenylketonuria in mice. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg38.html - Faster Method To Create Antibodies For Disease Research This new method is a simple way of creating libraries of specifically binding antibodies. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg37.html - Noise and Delays Explain Why Some Genes Oscillate in Activity Delay-induced stochastic oscillations in gene regulation. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg36.html - Evolutionary Conservation Of A Mechanism Of Longevity From Worms To Mammals Loss of mclk1 increases cellular fitness and lifespan in mice http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg35.html - Fitting In Newly Evolved Genes Adopt A Variety Of Strategies To Remain In The Gene Pool http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg34.html - Whooping Cough Vaccine Proves Effective A vaccine to protect against illness due to Bordetella pertussis infection has proved more than 90 percent effective in a national, large-scale clinical study. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg33.html - Effective Treatment for Stimulant Drug Abuse: Motivational Incentive Motivational Incentive (MI) Programs can motivate cocaine and methamphetamine abusers to stay in treatment and be drug-free for a longer period. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg32.html - NIH Launches Major Program to Transform Clinical and Translational Science Grants will encourage institutions to propose new approaches to clinical and translational research, including new organizational models and training programs at graduate and post-graduate levels. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg31.html - "Gramene" Database Facilitates Global Agricultural Research Invaluable biological and genomic information about rice and other grasses now available. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg30.html - Childhood Asthma Study Shows Home-Based Interventions Are Cost-Effective Moderate to severe asthma can be reduced by targeting dust mites, cockroaches, pet dander, rodents, passive smoking and mold. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg29.html - First Phase II Trial of a "Global" HIV/AIDS Vaccine Launched A novel vaccine targeted to multiple HIV subtypes found worldwide has moved into the second phase of clinical testing. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg28.html - More than 200 Human Flu Strains Reveal a Dynamic Virus Genome The information, being made available in a publicly accessible database, is expected to help scientists better understand how flu viruses evolve, spread and cause disease http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg27.html - Wider Access to Knockout Mice Trans-NIH Effort Provides New Models for Understanding Human Disease http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2005/msg26.html - Contact Genetic News editors WWW: http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/editors.html E-mail: news@hum-molgen.org DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - LHON plus dystonia inquiry http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000184.html - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact admin@hum-molgen.org Biomedical Positions http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ - 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