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__________________________________________________________________________ HUM-MOLGEN: Call for Assistant News Editors Support the HUM-MOLGEN concept actively! => http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000037.html __________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - March 21, 2007 - http://hum-molgen.org DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - Gallbladder Agenesis with multiple malformations http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000205.html - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact admin@hum-molgen.org Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, S. Chandler, T. Dalaya, R. Kimmel, K. Markey, J. Mill, La Merie S.L, R. Nemade, F.S. Zollmann http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - Whole Genome Association Reveals Schizophrenia Gene A genetic basis for schizophrenia found on both the X and Y chromosomes, is presented. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000036.html - A Potential Therapeutic Agent For Retinoblastoma A natural agent derived from the bark of the South-American lapacho tree inhibits growth and induces cell death in human retinoblastoma cell lines. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000035.html - Novel Pathway For Antibiotics-induced Cell Death Scientists have identified unforeseen mechanisms by which quinolones - a family of broad-spectrum antibiotics among the most widely prescribed - induce bacterial cell death. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000034.html - Green Tea May Help To Fight Lung Cancer A possible mechanism for green tea's anticancer activities is reported. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000033.html - Laying Sleeping Sickness To Rest The parasite that leads to sleeping sickness can be lulled to sleep itself using a newly discovered pathway. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000032.html - Jumonji Family Removing The Mark Two papers identify a sought-after regulator of 'marks' on the chromatin that are associated with whether the genes are switched on or off. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000031.html - How Stress Causes Anxiety In Adolescent Mice Stress may cause anxiety in adolescents due to an atypical response to a neurosteroid. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000030.html - A Cheap Alternative For Large Scale RNA Interference Screens A cost-effective resource for RNA interference (RNAi) that allows the effective reduction of gene expression is presented. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000029.html - Bacteria-mediated Immune System Paralysis How the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, a leading cause of hospital-related infections, disables the immune system is described. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000028.html - Understanding Cancer Spread A signalling pathway that enhances the formation of metastases in a mouse model of prostate cancer has been identified. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000027.html - Cancer Genomes Probed Biologists have sequenced over 500 protein kinase genes found in 210 diverse human cancers and identified over 1,000 different mutations. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000026.html - Transcription Factor SIX5 Is Mutated In Patients With Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome Study identified heterozygous mutations in the second member of the SIX family of proteins, unc-39 (SIX5), as a novel cause of Branchio-oto-renal syndrome. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000025.html - Most Rare Missense Alleles Are Deleterious In Humans Results imply that mutation-selection balance may be a feasible evolutionary mechanism underlying some common diseases. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000024.html - Kalirin Gene: A Novel Candidate Gene For Coronary Artery Disease Data suggest the importance of the KALRN gene and the Rho GTPase–signaling pathway in the pathogenesis of Coronary Artery Disease. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000023.html - Gene Therapy Progress And Prospects: Ultrasound For Gene Transfer Ultrasound exposure in the presence of microbubbles (MCB) increases plasmid transfection efficiency in vitro by several orders of magnitude. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000022.html - Sotos Syndrome The NSD1 mutational spectrum has been defined, the phenotype of Sotos syndrome clarified and diagnostic and management guidelines developed. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000021.html - Evidence Of A Spinal Motor Neuron Neurotrophic Factor Pleiotrophin, or heparin binding neurotrophic factor, promotes regeneration of peripheral nerve axons after sciatic nerve transaction. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000020.html - A New Approach To Cancer Therapy Turning off an endogenous inhibitor to the p53 apoptotic pathway causes tumor regression. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000019.html - Schizophrenia Treatment Trial Demonstrates the Benefits of Antipsychotics Clinical Antipsychotic Trials for Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) provide more data regarding the extent antipsychotic medications help people with schizophrenia. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000018.html - Parents Who Live Long Pass On Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease People whose parents live longer are more likely to avoid developing high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in middle age than their peers whose parents died younger. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000017.html - NIDA Launches First Large-Scale National Study to Treat Addiction to Prescription Pain Medications The study is a response to the growing national problem of prescription drug abuse in the United States. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000016.html - More Data Opioid Receptor’s Role in Alcohol Pleasure and Problems Researchers explored the link between genetic variants of mu-opioid receptors and alcohol-related behaviors in a group of 82 rhesus monkeys. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000015.html - Contact Genetic News editors WWW: http://hum-molgen.org/editors.html E-mail: news@hum-molgen.org Biomedical Positions http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ - Neurology / Neuroscience: EU financed PhD position TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, 67653, Germany http://hum-molgen.org/positions/predoctoral/0571.html - Write a position announcement http://hum-molgen.org/flyer/positions.pdf 1) Set up account: http://hum-molgen.de/cgi-bin/positions.pl?register 2) Post position(s): http://hum-molgen.de/cgi-bin/positions.pl?login Literature http://hum-molgen.org/literature/ Biotechnical requests and sources http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnology - 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