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• Pupils studying science subjects find it harder to achieve top grades
• Do DTC Personal Genome Testing Services Represent a Cultural Divide?
• Epigenetics Research Among Utah and Iceland Populations May Explain “Late-Onsetâ€? and Other Diseases
• Evolution Genetic Toolkit
• Genetic test information positively influences cancer screening and prevention behavior
• DNA study begins to unlock etiology of diverse traits in dogs
• The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA): Implications for policy and practice
• Lifestyle can alter gene activity, lead to insulin resistance
• California Sends Warning Letter to Consumer Genetic Testing Firms
• Just For Fun: Genetic Basics in Claymation
• Life's Raw Materials May Have Come From The Stars
• Family History Influences Cancer Screening
• Mom's high fat diet during pregnancy may be key to child's weight issues
• Pinot Noir Genome Sequence Could Help Cut Costs of Wine Production
• Discovery Points to Treatment Approach for Fragile X Syndrome
• Gene Chips, SNP's and Mainstream Medicine
• Everybody's doing it
• DNA, Race and Worries About Prejudice
• Newborn screening in the news again
• The Importance of Genomics in Public Health
• Does the End Justify the Genes
• Genomics and Spirituality: Can they co-exist?
• WHO releases a new report on children's environmental health
• Francis Collins is coming to Minnesota
• Citizens Council for Health Care wants to destroy NBS bloodspot archive
• Reflections from PH7200: pharmacogenomics and health disparities
• Podcasts and videos from U of M PH genomics courses are online
• The Genome is Messier Than We Thought
• Rethinking “holisticâ€? medicine
• Notes from PH 7200: How to repair a broken heart
• Reflections from PH 7200: Nutrigenetics testing
• Landmark Study Identifies A Large Number Of New Proteins Implicated In Huntington's Disease
• APHA Genomics Forum is forming
• Genome Researchers Find New Indicators of Breast Cancer Risk
• Testing for susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes: Ready for prime time?
• Best news of the day
• Thinking about genetics, genomics and Minnesotans with disabilities
• Studies Find More Genes Underlying Diabetes
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act passes in the US House of Representatives
• HHS Secretary Leavitt Discloses Plans to Place Greater Emphasis on Personalized Medicine
• Facing Life With A Lethal Gene
• Researchers Identify Biomarker For Lung Cancer
• Study Raises Possibility of Jewish Tie for Jefferson
• As Ethics Panels Expand Grip, No Field Is Off Limits
• Individuals with Genetic Conditions Twice as Likely to Report Denial of Health Insurance than Individuals with Other Chronic Illness
• U of M researchers discover protein linked to elevated body mass index in people of American Indian and Mexican ancestry
• Carnegie Mellon, Blue Shield Study Shows Expanded Case Management For Serious Illnesses Improves Health Outcomes, Reduces Costs
• Progress Is Reported on a Type of Autism
• Genetic Tests Offer Promise, but Raise Questions, Too
• The Genomic Research and Accessibility Act
• Gene Patenting: Can you own something that belongs to all of us?
• New Risk Assessment Tool More Accurately Predicts Women’s Cardiovascular Risk
• Kaiser Permanente Unveils Groundbreaking Genetic Research Program
• GINA Notes I: Health Insurance
• Free Association is publishing new content
• Senate version of GINA now up on Thomas
• Genomic Nutritional Profiling: The Ethics of Nutrigenomics
• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
• More on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
• IBM supports the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
• Folic acid reduces risk of cleft lip with or without cleft palate
• The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act is back in Congress
• Half of Americans Have Gene That Affects How Body Burns Sugar
• Mental Abilities: Folic Acid May Improve Thinking Skills
• Too Young for This: Facing Cancer Under 40
• Genetic signature predicts recurrence of breast, prostate and other cancers, Stanford researchers find
• Norman Borlaug, Super Hero
• AHRQ Report on the use of CYP450 genetic tests in prescribing SSRI's in treating depression
• Race: Are we so different?
• Researchers find a common genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease in Asians
• Another major gene variant that predisposes to Alzheimer disease in several different ethnic groups
• Researchers Identify Gene Associated with Severe Kidney Failure in Diabetes
• What will the $1000 genome bring?
• Genetic variant raises risk for cerebral infarction by 40%
• Politics, science and sexual orientation
• Obesity and genetics
• Scientists Discover How Maternal Smoking Can Cause Cleft Lip and Palate
• Sea slug offers clues to human brain disorders
• ACOG calls for screening all pregnancies for Down Syndrome
• Big Tobacco's anti-smoking ads may cause kids to smoke
• Family health history in health promotion for children with special heath needs
• When your best isn't good enough
• Significant reduction in rate of breast cancer observed
• Whole Wheat in Diet of Pregnant Rats Reduces Breast Cancer Risk in Offspring
• Personalizing the treatment of multiple myeloma
• The Genographic Project: What are the concerns and expectations of native peoples?
• The Complete Charles Darwin
• Having your cake and eating it, too
• Survivorship, Family History and Inherited Susceptibility for Cancer
• New Genomic Tests Guide Choice of Chemotherapy in Cancer Patients
• What are the ethical issues, needs and priorities regarding genomics in public health education?
• DHHS makes push for combining genetic data and electronic health records
• NICHD unveils its new, more user-friendly web portal
• The Wide, Wild World of Genetic Testing
• Test Helps Identify Patients with Breast Cancer Who Will Likely Benefit from Chemotherapy, and Those Who Won’t
• Study Finds Distinct Genetic Profiles For Northern, Southern Europeans
• The Intersection of Biotechnology and Pharmacogenomics: Health Policy Implications
• Closing In On Lethal Heart Rhythm In Young Athletes
• Focusing in on Cancer's Complexity
• Aging as the price for suppressing cancer?
• Live Long? Die Young? Answer Isn't Just in the Genes
• Ten Hot Jobs for 2007
• Genetic Screening: Who should have it and when?
• A titan in the field of genetics has crossed over
• Sciona Lab Responds to GAO Report
• Genetics and Public Policy Center comments on DTC genetic testing
• Senate Hearings on Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing
• Family history and Breast Cancer
• New Fact Sheets on Family History and Chronic Diseases
• Family history as a tool for prevention in primary care
• 50 best science blogs
• Family history and coronary heart disease--common, actionable, under-appreciated
• SACGHS seeks public comment on policy report
• Dad's family history of breast cancer may get short shrift
• Beyond the Genome...Beyond the Individual: Genomics and Public Health
• National Office of Public Health Genomics at the CDC
• New code in the DNA for nucleosome-wrapping
• Genes, Gender and Scientific Ability
• The Quest for the $1,000 Human Genome
• Family history and chronic diseases
• Obesity and genomics: A Public Health Perspective
• Why do we do the things we do?
• Heelstick test can cause unnecessary parental stress
• Family health history and primary prevention
• Newborn screening and informed consent