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__________________________________________________________________________ Screening Europe / MedChem Europe / ADMET Europe 19-20 February, Stockholm, Sweden For 2008, Select Biosciences' 5th annual Screening Europe conference and exhibition will be co-located with the 3rd annual MedChem Europe and the inaugural ADMET Europe, making this Europe's largest gathering of researchers focused on early-stage drug discovery. http://www.selectbiosciences.com/conferences/SE2008/ __________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - October 03, 2007 - http://hum-molgen.org DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - Oral-Facial-Digital syndrome http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000208.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 - The Beat Goes On With AKAP18 A protein, known as AKAP18, could help the heart to beat faster in response to adrenaline or noradrenaline. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000014.html - Heart Of The Matter Researchers have developed a strategy to successfully manipulate stem cells into becoming heart muscle cells. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000012.html - The Long And The Short Of Fatty Liver Study reports that not all types of fat are equally harmful. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000011.html - Micro-Managing HIV Replication Cellular microRNAs could help HIV persist by shutting off viral replication and contributing to latency. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000010.html - HIV Stuns Immune Cells A known suppression factor in the immune system increases in HIV-infected individuals on critical immune cells. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000009.html - Fountain Of Youth Researchers have identified the cells that provide an essential survival factor to newly created immune cells. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000008.html - The Gene-Mapper's Best Friend Genetic variants associated with dominant or recessive disease-related traits in dogs can be mapped efficiently and with high confidence. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000007.html - NO End To Protein Modification A new biological signalling molecule is described. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000006.html - Mitochondrial Downfall In Parkinson's Disease The mutation of two genes associated with the development of Parkinson's disease cooperate to regulate mitochondrial function when cells are stressed. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000004.html - Effective Gene Silencing New research shows that small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) can be effective and safe tools for silencing genes in vivo. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000003.html - MicroRNAs And Metastasis A particular microRNA, microRNA-10b (miR-10b), has been found in abundance in breast cancer cells that have the ability to spread to other organs. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000002.html - Identifying Self Renewing Cells Large numbers of adult stem cells can be efficiently obtained from testis, thanks to a newly identified molecule on the cell surface that will allow researchers to tell them apart from non-self-renewing cell types. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/10-2007/000001.html - Scientists Suggest New Pathway Causing Cell Death in Dementia A cascade of events begins with a mutation in the gene progranulin (PGRN) located on chromosome 17 has been shown to cause cell death in dementia. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000040.html - NIH-Funded Scientists Solve Genetic Code of Parasitic Worm that Causes Elephantiasis The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 40 million people around the world are seriously incapacitated and disfigured by elephantiasis. The "B. malayi" genome reveals dozens of potential new targets for drugs or vaccines. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000039.html - New Publication Helps African Americans "Make the Kidney Connection" National Kidney Disease Education Program Creates New Brochure for African Americans at Risk for Kidney Disease http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000038.html - Scientists Identify Cause of Job's Syndrome Job's syndrome makes the immune system extremely sensitive to invading microbes. Sequencing STAT3 in patients revealed that mutations in the gene cause Job's syndrome. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000037.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/ - Others: Faculty Positions Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 120-749 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/assistant/0180.html - Call for Assistant News Editors Support the HUM-MOLGEN concept actively! http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000037.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 Biotechnical requests and sources http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnology - Post request or source http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnical-request-posting Literature http://hum-molgen.org/literature/ Events in bioscience and medicine http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/ - Hypoxia, HIF and Inflammation GREMI: Group for Research and Studies on Mediators of Inflammation, Paris, Pasteur Institute February 22, 2008 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3358.html - Post event (free) http://hum-molgen.de/cgi-bin/meetings.pl?login Registry of Biomedical Companies (1431 active entries) http://hum-molgen.org/companies/ Mailing List Administration (Join or leave the list) http://hum-molgen.org/subscribe-na/ Feedback contact admin@hum-molgen.org Advertise at HUM-MOLGEN http://hum-molgen.org/flyer/advertise.pdf contact FS Zollmann (dialogue@hum-molgen.org) __________________________________________________________________________ Screening Europe / MedChem Europe / ADMET Europe 19-20 February, Stockholm, Sweden For 2008, Select Biosciences' 5th annual Screening Europe conference and exhibition will be co-located with the 3rd annual MedChem Europe and the inaugural ADMET Europe, making this Europe's largest gathering of researchers focused on early-stage drug discovery. Registration to one meeting will allow access to all three meetings ensuring a very cost-effective trip. http://www.selectbiosciences.com/conferences/SE2008/ http://www.selectbiosciences.com/conferences/MCE2008/ http://www.selectbiosciences.com/conferences/ADMET08/ __________________________________________________________________________ -- | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS | HUM-MOLGEN - http://hum-molgen.org | (C) 1994-2007