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__________________________________________________________________________ BUILDING VALUE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS BIO-Europe 2008 - November 17-19, 2008 - Mannheim/ Heidelberg, Germany The largest European stand-alone partnering conference for the global biotechnology industry http://hum-molgen.org/promotion-EBD __________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - July 10, 2008 - http://hum-molgen.org DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - Perlman syndrome http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000211.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, D. Forero, R. Kimmel, K. Markey, J. Mill, R. Nemade, F.S. Zollmann http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - A Natural Ligand For PPAR-Gamma How PPAR-gamma -- a fatty acid receptor that plays a central role in energy metabolism -- is activated by a natural ligand is revealed. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000016.html - The Downside Of A Good Defence A study provides a potential explanation for children suffering long-lasting brain damage as a consequence of a temporary lack of oxygen during birth. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000015.html - Cognitive Therapy To Control Reward Anticipation People can dampen their anticipation of an upcoming reward by re-directing their thoughts. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000014.html - A Noncoding RNA May Drive Alzheimer's Disease Scientists have found a molecular mechanism that may drive the progression of Alzheimer's disease. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000013.html - A New Way To Treat Premature Ageing A combination of statins and drugs for bone disorders could treat premature-ageing conditions such as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), reports a study published online. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000012.html - Constraining Neutrophil Damage The way in which neutrophils -- the immune system's 'first responders' -- migrate into target tissues is reported. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000011.html - New Anti-Parasite Protective Mechanism Scientists have discovered how the immune system fights Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that causes the disease toxoplasmosis in humans. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000010.html - Enzyme Implicated In Risk Of Common Obesity Scientists have discovered gene variants associated with increased risk of common obesity in people with European ancestry. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000009.html - Thirty Loci And Counting For Crohn's disease More than 30 genetic loci have been identified that confer susceptibility to Crohn's disease, a common inflammatory bowel disorder. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000008.html - A Sweet Route To Treating Alzheimer's Disease? Scientists have identified an enzyme inhibitor in the brain that reduces the phosphorylation of a key protein known to be associated with Alzheimer's disease. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000007.html - How EGFR Promotes Skin Cancer Scientists have pinpointed the molecular mechanisms underlying tumour response to EGFR -- a protein that boosts the development of skin cancer, and an important target for cancer therapy. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000006.html - Fingers Point Way To HIV Treatment T cells, a type of white blood cell that is destroyed by HIV, have been made resistant to HIV infection, both in the test tube and in mice, using an enzyme designed to disrupt a specific gene. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000005.html - The Scare Switch Two papers published online offer an insight into the specific mechanisms in the brain that control fear. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000004.html - Muscling In On Disease Imaging A new technique to image muscle fibres in living patients is described. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000003.html - Easy iPS Developmental biologists have simplified the recipe for creating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), which could potentially make the technology safer for clinical treatments. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000002.html - A new web server for exploration of available microarray data A paper describes a new web server for the exploration of available microarray data http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/07-2008/000001.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/ - 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/ - EURO-BIOTECH FORUM Windhover Information, Barcelona, Spain June 29-July 1, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3579.html - Pharma Business Strategies for Biomarkers Windhover Information, Intercontinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco December 11-12, 2008 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3578.html - Therapeutic Area Partnerships Windhover Information, Loews Philadelphia November 3-5, 2008 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3577.html - The Human Variome Project Forum The Human Variome Project, Philadelphia, PA, USA 10th November 2008 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3576.html - Clinical Genetics & Human Genome Variation Human Genome Variation Society, Philadelphia, PA Tuesday 11th November 2008 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3522.html - Innovation in Life Science & Healthcare Research and Product Development Douglas Connect, Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, USA October 14 to 17 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3575.html - 24th International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism and Function - ISCBFM 2009 Kenes International, Chicago, Illinois June 29- July 03, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3574.html - Multiplexed Genomics Tools Cambridge Healthtech Institute, Providence Rhode Island September 21-23 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3573.html - Post event (free) http://hum-molgen.de/cgi-bin/meetings.pl?login Registry of Biomedical Companies (1351 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) __________________________________________________________________________ BUILDING VALUE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS BIO-Europe 2008 - November 17-19, 2008 - Mannheim/ Heidelberg, Germany The largest European stand-alone partnering conference for the global biotechnology industry http://hum-molgen.org/promotion-EBD __________________________________________________________________________ -- | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS | HUM-MOLGEN - http://hum-molgen.org | (C) 1994-2008