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Selected new reviews and commentaries, 8 December 2008
The 6th November issue of Nature has an editorial and a series of special news reports and commentaries on personal genomes:
My genome. So what?
Personal genomes: The case of the missing heritability
Maher B. Nature. 2008 Nov 6;456(7218):18-21.
Maher B. Nature. 2008 Nov 6;456(7218):18-21.
Personal genomes: Standard and pores
Sanderson K. Nature. 2008 Nov 6;456(7218):23-5.
Sanderson K. Nature. 2008 Nov 6;456(7218):23-5.
Personal genomes: A disruptive personality, disrupted
Nelson B. Nature. 2008 Nov 6;456(7218):26-8.
Nelson B. Nature. 2008 Nov 6;456(7218):26-8.
Personal genomes: When consent gets in the way
Taylor P. Nature. 2008 Nov 6;456(7218):32-3. No abstract available.
Taylor P. Nature. 2008 Nov 6;456(7218):32-3. No abstract available.
Personal genomes: Misdirected precaution
Prainsack B, Reardon J, Hindmarsh R, Gottweis H, Naue U, Lunshof JE. Nature. 2008 Nov 6;456(7218):34-5.
Prainsack B, Reardon J, Hindmarsh R, Gottweis H, Naue U, Lunshof JE. Nature. 2008 Nov 6;456(7218):34-5.
Genetic mapping in human disease.
Altshuler D, Daly MJ, Lander ES. Science. 2008 Nov 7;322(5903):881-8.
Regulation - the real threat to clinical research.
Stewart PM, Stears A, Tomlinson JW, Brown MJ. BMJ. 2008 Oct 16;337:a1732. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1732.
Altshuler D, Daly MJ, Lander ES. Science. 2008 Nov 7;322(5903):881-8.
Regulation - the real threat to clinical research.
Stewart PM, Stears A, Tomlinson JW, Brown MJ. BMJ. 2008 Oct 16;337:a1732. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1732.
Fresh thinking about the Declaration of Helsinki
Goodyear MD, Eckenwiler LA, Ells C. BMJ. 2008 Oct 17;337:a2128. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2128.
Goodyear MD, Eckenwiler LA, Ells C. BMJ. 2008 Oct 17;337:a2128. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2128.
Recreational genomics; what's in it for you?
Evans JP. Genet Med. 2008 Oct;10(10):709-10
Molecular genetics of myocardial infarction.
Yamada Y, Ichihara S, Nishida T. Genomic Med. 2008 Jan;2(1-2):7-22.
Molecular genetics of myocardial infarction.
Yamada Y, Ichihara S, Nishida T. Genomic Med. 2008 Jan;2(1-2):7-22.
The "neuro" in neurogenetics
Landis S, Insel TR. Science. 2008 Nov 7;322(5903):821.
Landis S, Insel TR. Science. 2008 Nov 7;322(5903):821.
Research ethics: Certificates of confidentiality and compelled disclosure of data
Beskow LM, Dame L, Costello EJ. Science. 2008 Nov 14;322(5904):1054-5.
Policy considerations in designing a fragile X population screening program.
Ross LF, Acharya K. Genet Med. 2008 Oct;10(10):711-3.
A Decade of Public Health Genomics in the United States: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997-2007.
Khoury MJ, Bowen S, Bradley LA, Coates R, Dowling NF, Gwinn M, Kolor K, Moore CA, St Pierre J, Valdez R, Yoon PW. Public Health Genomics. 2008 Sep 3.
Canada: Public Health Genomics
Little J, Potter B, Allanson J, Caulfield T, Carroll JC, Wilson B. Public Health Genomics. 2009;12(2):112-20.
Danger and opportunity
Nature. 2008 Nov 13;456(7219):141.
17q21 variants and asthma - questions and answers.
Holloway JW, Koppelman GH. N Engl J Med. 2008 Nov 6;359(19):2043-5. Epub 2008 Oct 15.
17q21 variants and asthma - questions and answers.
Holloway JW, Koppelman GH. N Engl J Med. 2008 Nov 6;359(19):2043-5. Epub 2008 Oct 15.
Sharing patients' records to boost medical research
Medical research ethics in China
Wang R, Henderson GE. Lancet. 2008 Nov 29;372(9653):1867-8. Epub 2008 Oct 17.
Bias, spin, and misreporting: time for full access to trial protocols and results
Chan AW (2008) PLoS Med 5(11): e230 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050230
Wang R, Henderson GE. Lancet. 2008 Nov 29;372(9653):1867-8. Epub 2008 Oct 17.
Bias, spin, and misreporting: time for full access to trial protocols and results
Chan AW (2008) PLoS Med 5(11): e230 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050230
Scientists and human rights
Rubenstein L, Younis M. Science. 2008 Nov 28;322(5906):1303.
From Genome-Wide Association Studies to Gene-Environment-Wide Interaction Studies - Challenges and Opportunities.
Khoury MJ, Wacholder S. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Rubenstein L, Younis M. Science. 2008 Nov 28;322(5906):1303.
From Genome-Wide Association Studies to Gene-Environment-Wide Interaction Studies - Challenges and Opportunities.
Khoury MJ, Wacholder S. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Keywords: Reviews & Commentaries