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To: list@hum-molgen.de
Subject: HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - March 21, 2007
From: FS Zollmann <zollmann@hum-molgen.de>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:59:24 +0100


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DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests)
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- Gallbladder Agenesis with multiple malformations
    http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000205.html

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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

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