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__________________________________________________________________________ CHI’s Second Annual CELLutions SUMMIT August 20-23, 2007 Boston, MA http://www.CELLutionsSUMMIT.com CHI’s CELLutions SUMMIT provides in-depth scientific coverage of stem cell science and business strategies to achieve the necessary funding and collaborations for research. Join us for invaluable networking and learning opportunities. __________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - May 03, 2007 - http://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 - A New Fanconi Anaemia Target The identification of a second protein target for modification by the Fanconi anaemia (FA) complex, which is important in DNA repair, is reported. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000014.html - Standards For The Analysis Of Metagenomes Simulated datasets for the evaluation of metagenomic analysis programs are presented. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000013.html - Engineering Diverse Sets Of Drug Sensitive Proteins A paper describes a general approach to genetically engineer proteins that are regulated by small chemical drugs. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000012.html - Ancient Diversity An ancient enzyme drives diversification of immune receptors in lampreys, and resembles an enzyme with a similar function in mammals. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000011.html - New Player In Inflammatory 'Shutdown' Scientists show that a protein within immune cells stands poised to dampen inflammation. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000010.html - New Genetic Risk Factor For Type 2 Diabetes Variation in the gene called CDKAL1 is associated with risk of developing type 2 diabetes. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000009.html - The Immune System And Susceptibility To Cancer Variation in a genetic element that regulates the expression of the gene encoding caspase-8 (CASP8) is associated with differential susceptibility to several different cancers. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000008.html - Chromatin Link To Mental Retardation A protein previously implicated in mental retardation has now been shown to influence gene expression by modifying histones. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000007.html - New Hypothesis For Amyloid Disease Degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and type 2 diabetes may share common structural features at the molecular level. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000006.html - Life Without Dad Genomic imprinting is not always essential for seed development. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000005.html - Mice And Easy Memory Recovery Long-term memories lost after brain damage can be restored in mice. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000004.html - Neuronal Imbalance May Contribute To Addiction An imbalance between neuronal excitation and inhibition may contribute to the early stages of addiction. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000003.html - Enzyme Curtails Allergic Reaction To Chitin Chitin, the main component of arthropod exoskeletons, elicits an innate allergic response in mice that can be controlled by a host enzyme. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000002.html - New Treatment For Muscular Dystrophy And Cystic Fibrosis Mouse study suggests that a drug that allows cells to ignore a particular type of disease-causing mutation may ease the symptoms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000001.html - A New Therapeutic Approach For Huntington’s Disease Found Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) corrects neural defects associated with impaired memory and cognition in an animal model of Huntington’s disease. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/04-2007/000023.html - Contact Genetic News editors WWW: http://hum-molgen.org/editors.html E-mail: news@hum-molgen.org Biotechnical requests and sources http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnology - Knockout Mice available for Academic Labs http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum1/HTML/000186.html - Post request or source http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnical-request-posting Literature http://hum-molgen.org/literature/ - Call for Chapters for the Handbook of Research on Systems Biology Applications in Medicine Editor: Andriani Daskalaki, Ph.D, Max Planck Institute, Berlin http://hum-molgen.org/literature/04-2007/000001.html 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 Biomedical Positions http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ - Call for Assistant News Editors Support the HUM-MOLGEN concept actively! 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