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__________________________________________________________________________ BUILDING VALUE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS Training Course: "ADME/PK/TK and Drug Metabolism in Drug Discovery and Development" and 4th Annual Conference on "Predictive Human Toxicity and ADME/Tox Studies " January 20th-21st / 22nd-23rd 2009, Brussels, Belgium http://hum-molgen.org/promotion-ADME __________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - August 21, 2008 - http://hum-molgen.org Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, S. Chandler, T. Dalaya, D. Forero, R. Kimmel, K. Markey, J. Mill, R. Nemade, F.S. Zollmann http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - Venter Versus Watson Personalized medicine should employ precise genetic information instead of relying on race and ethnicity to prescribe drugs in the future. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000029.html - Moisturizers Increase Skin Cancer Risk In UV-Radiation Treated Mice everal common moisturizing creams can increase the formation of non-melanoma skin tumors when applied to UV-radiation treated mice. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000028.html - Nature Reviews Genetics: An Ever-Evolving Review An article highlighting new ways of using the interactive web to generate community-driven reviews of scientific knowledge will be subject to some of its own recommendations. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000026.html - Staying Lean Without A Diet A study published online reports a strain of mice that are lean and resistant to obesity. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000025.html - An Antibacterial Catapult Scientists have discovered an immune cell that fights bacteria by throwing mitochondrial DNA in a catapult-like manner. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000023.html - Cleaning Up The House Boosting the activity of a cellular quality-control mechanism may prevent the functional decay associated with ageing. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000022.html - New Susceptibility Gene For Type 2 Diabetes Scientists have identified variants that increase risk of type 2 diabetes in populations of both East Asian and European origin. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000021.html - Ion Channels Implicated In Bipolar Disorder Variants in two genes are associated with increased risk of bipolar disorder. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000020.html - Genetic Risk Factor For Chronic Inflammatory Disorder A genetic variant that increases risk of the chronic inflammatory disorder sarcoidosis has been identified. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000018.html - Cancer Taking The Myc Therapies that block the action of a gene called Myc may prove useful against cancer. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000017.html - Key Receptor Identified For HCMV Infection Researchers have identified a critical receptor required for human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000016.html - Mapping and Cloning Genes - Goodbye to All That? A paper describing the use of whole-genome deep sequencing to pinpoint mutations in the worm C. elegans is published; in principle, this approach be applicable to any model organism whose genome has been sequenced. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000015.html - Sex in Bacteria for Genome-wide Interaction Screens Two papers describing techniques for genome-wide genetic interaction screens in bacteria are published. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000013.html - Pre-eclampsia May be an Autoimmune Disease A pre-eclampsia-like syndrome can be induced in mice by giving them autoantibodies isolated from humans with the disease. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000012.html - A Great Warm-up Act Promoting blood vessel growth and tissue remodelling may improve outcome in patients with muscular dystrophy. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000011.html - Avoiding Attack When Not Stressed A study explains the process how healthy cells express a panel of microRNAs that help avoid unwanted recognition and attack from the immune system., and suggests the same mechanism may also help tumours to go undetected. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000010.html - Mediating Restraint Scientists report that a molecule called CD200R exerts a dampening effect on specific immune cells residing in the lung. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000009.html - Research Agenda for Personalized Genomics A multifaceted research agenda is urgently needed to reap the full benefits and avoid the potential pitfalls of personalized genomics. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000008.html - Enzyme Implicated in Restless Legs Syndrome A new genetic variant has been implicated in risk of restless legs syndrome. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000007.html - Unlocking the Door to HIV Infection The structure of the protein complex responsible for unlocking cells to enable HIV entry is reported. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000006.html - The Impact of microRNA on Proteins The consequences of protein regulation by microRNAs (miRNAs) are studied on a large scale in two papers. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000005.html - Genetics for Mental Health Disorder Specific human genomic variations associated with schizophrenia are identified by three research groups. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/08-2008/000004.html - 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