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__________________________________________________________________________ Virtual Discovery 2008, 23-24 January 2008, Palm Springs, CA Select Biosciences' 2nd Virtual Discovery conference will include presentations on virtual screening, in silico ADMET and aspects of computational chemistry and cheminformatics. Co-located with Advances in Protein Crystallography, registered delegates will also have access to this meeting for a very cost-effective trip. http://hum-molgen.org/promotion-VD __________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - September 05, 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 - New Drug To Treat Schizophrenia A clinical trial describes a drug that works effectively in people with schizophrenia by targeting glutamate-mediated neurotransmission. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000013.html - Stop That Itch! Immune cells in the skin secrete a chemical that limits the inflammatory response to poison ivy and sunburn. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000012.html - Restraining Allergic Responses A cellular process crucial for preventing allergy is presented in a paper published online. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000011.html - The Genetics Of Human Height A variant in a gene called HMGA2 is associated with differences in adult and childhood height in the general population. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000010.html - A Three-In-One Approach To Cancer Vaccines A single chemical structure that incorporates three vaccine components could prove powerful in treating cancer. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000009.html - Development And Disease Focus The September 2007 issue of Nature Cell Biology focuses on Development and Disease, and includes a series of six FREE articles highlighting how development gone awry can cause disease. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000008.html - Adult Stem Cell With Muscle A ready source of muscle progenitor cells might be useful for treating diseases that involve muscle atrophy, such as muscular dystrophy. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000007.html - Human Embryonic Stem Cells Do A Heart Good Heart attacks may respond to treatment with cells derived from human embryonic stem (ES) cells. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000006.html - Prion Structure Unfolds Researchers have discovered how structural changes between different prion strains can influence their infectivity and change the phenotypes they cause. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000005.html - MicroRNA Involved In Embryonic Patterning MicroRNAs, small single-stranded RNA molecules that help regulate gene expression, may have an important role in embryonic patterning. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000004.html - Type 2 Diabetes All In The Mind? The brain may have a previously unrecognized role in type 2 diabetes. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000003.html - New Method Sets Stem Cells Apart Researchers have devised a way to distinguish between two similar, yet vitally different, proliferative cell types found in the developing brain. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000002.html - Mouse Model Of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder An unusually anxious, compulsively overgrooming mouse is presented as a possible model for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/09-2007/000001.html - NIH Scientists Discover Novel Cause of Iron Overload in Thalassemia Disorders This finding has implications for iron metabolism in other diseases, including cancer, and may contribute to the future development of therapies for thalassemia. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2007/000025.html - Gene Triggers Obsessive Compulsive Disorder-Like Syndrome in Mice The gene, SAPAP3, may be responsible for obsessive compulsive disorder-like behaviors in mice, which can be reversed with antidepressants and genetic targeting of a key brain circuit. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2007/000024.html - Muscle Mass: Scientists identify novel mode of transcriptional regulation during myogenesis Basal transcription machinery is not as invariant as previously presumed. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2007/000023.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/ - 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 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 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/ - Effective Project Management for Clinical Trials Drug Information Association, Auditorium Madrid Hotel, Avenida de Aragon, 400, Madrid, Spain Oct 18 2007 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1224.html - Counterfeit Drugs: International Alignment to Implementation Drug Information Association, Online - Sep 24 2007 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1223.html - Using Dynamic Enrollment Management to Reduce Enrollment Cycle Time Variance Drug Information Association, Online - Oct 30 2007 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1222.html - PepCon-2008 BIT Life Sciences, Shenzhen April 19-21, 2008 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3342.html - Hands-On Biomanufacturing Seminar SPI USA, Inc., NHCTC, Pease Center, 320 Corportate Dr, Portsmouth, NH 03801 October 8-10 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1221.html - Biosafety Seminar SPI USA, Inc., techcenter@UMBC, 1450 South Rolling Rd, Baltimore, MD 21227 November 13 and 14 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1220.html - International Workshop on Vaccine Adjuvants and Parasitic Vaccines. 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Co-located with Advances in Protein Crystallography, registered delegates will also have access to this meeting for a very cost-effective trip. http://hum-molgen.org/promotion-VD __________________________________________________________________________ -- | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS | HUM-MOLGEN - http://hum-molgen.org | (C) 1994-2007