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		<title>Articles from the PHG Foundation Newsletter</title>
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			<title>Report calls for new support and funding for service innovation</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2008/#story_4228</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing has released a new white paper, based on the Cambridge Service Science, Management and Engineering Symposium held in July 2007. Sponsored by IBM and BAE Systems, this meeting was attended by leading academics and business leaders from a range o ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Increased access to genome sequences</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2007/#story_3942</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ An editorial in the journal Nature reports a new policy to increase the availability of published genome sequences to researchers [Nature 2007 Dec 6;450(7171):762].Articles are already freely available to researchers in the 100 or so poorest countries through the World Health Organization's Health I ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Autism genotype data made available to researchers</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2007/#story_3890</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ New genotypic data from families affected by autism (autistic individuals plus their parents and siblings) have been released by the Autism Consortium, a US alliance that seeks to bring together families, clinicians and researchers to drive research into autism and potential treatments. It is though ... ]]></description>
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			<title>NIH launches SNP health association resource (SHARe) project</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2007/#story_3826</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is making a vast collection of genetic and clinical data freely available to researchers. Called the SNP Health Association Resource (SHARe), it will allow researchers to access extensive phenotype and genotype information from several of the large cohort stud ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New pharmacogenetics research consortium</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2007/#story_3783</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Seven major pharmaceutical companies have joined with academic centres, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA)&amp;nbsp; to form a new group, the International Serious Adverse Events Consortium (SAEC). The SAEC will work together ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Open access scientific publishing dispute escalates</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2007/#story_3721</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Scientific publishers in the US are campaigning against calls for publicly funded research to be made freely available to all. The Association of American Publishers has started a new initiative, The Partnership for Research Integrity in Science and Medicine - the PRISM Coalition &amp;ndash; whose state ... ]]></description>
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			<title>NIH to hold data from genetic studies in central database</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2007/#story_3670</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a new policy for the sharing of data derived from genome-wide association (GWA) studies. Starting in January 2008, all researchers who receive NIH funding to conduct GWAs will have to submit their data to a central database.  These large-scale ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New phenome database to study bipolar disorder</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2007/#story_3646</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A free, online database is now available that might help efforts to identify genes associated with an increased risk of bipolar disorder. This serious condition, also known as manic-depressive illness, causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy and ability to function.The Bipolar Disorder Phen ... ]]></description>
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			<title>China and India join WHO clinical trial registry</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2007/#story_3561</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that its web-based registry of clinical trial information now includes trial data from China and India, countries that are widely regarded as rapidly emerging economies in terms of biomedical research.  The registry search portal allows users (such a ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Calls to save Commons Science Committee</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2007/#story_3548</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Amid rumours that the UK Government is planning to scrap the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology and replace it with a committee that would be part of the newly created Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, members of the current committee, and some commentators ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Australia joins European Molecular Biology Laboratory</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2007/#story_3547</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has announced that Australia will become the first non-European, associate member. The EMBL is a publicly funded research institute supported by 19 member states, with centres in Heidelberg and Hamburg (Germany), Hinxton (UK), Grenoble (France), and M ... ]]></description>
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			<title>German ethics council recommends amendment of stem cell law</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2007/#story_3542</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The German National Ethics Council, an independent body that acts as a national forum for the discussion of ethical issues in the life sciences, has recommended changes to German legislation that would lighten current restrictions for stem cell research. The current law is more restrictive than that ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genomics bibliography for philosophers and social scientists</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2007/#story_3450</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at Egenis (the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society) have developed an annotated bibliographic database that aims &amp;ldquo;to make the science [of genomics] and its implications more accessible to those with philosophical, historical and sociological interests in the various fundamental que ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetic disorders information resources</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2007/#story_3361</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In a collaborative effort, the US National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the Genetic Alliance recently launched a new web-based portal to improve access to information on genetic disorders for health professionals, patients and carers. The portal is intended to serve the needs of a ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genomic / bioinformatic database to combat infectious disease</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2007/#story_3264</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new web-based resource intended to facilitate the development of novel drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases has been launched; the Drug Target Prioritization Database is freely available to researchers from both developed and developing countries. The Drug Target Prioritization Network,  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Consultation on Ethics of Clinical Trials Involving Children</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2006/#story_2867</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The European Commission is currently seeking comments on a draft report into the ethics of clinical trials involving children. Ethical Considerations for Clinical Trials Performed in Children has been prepared by an Ad-Hoc committee looking into developing and implementing guidelines for the Clinica ... ]]></description>
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			<title>NIH seeks comments on genome-wide association studies policies</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2006/#story_2634</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking comments on its proposed plans regarding data sharing and tracking of NIH-funded genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The NIH defines a GWAS as “…any study of genetic variation across the entire human genome that is designed to identify geneti ... ]]></description>
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			<title>MRC/Wellcome Trust release report on access to health research collections</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2006/#story_2472</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Wellcome Trust have released a new report, ‘Access to Collections of Data and Materials for Health Research.’ The report, written by Dr William W. Lowrance, reviews “…various issues surrounding research access to population-based collections of data and mat ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetic Association Information Network launched</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2006/#story_2294</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new, publicly accessible resource, the Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN) has been launched this month. The network is a public-private partnership of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc (FNIH), a venture between the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Pfiz ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Public Population Project in Genomics Observatory launched </title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2005/#story_2119</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Public Population    Project in Genomics (P3G) is an international consortium of public bodies    involved in major genetic epidemiology projects and biobanks. It was created    to develop and manage a multidisciplinary infrastructure for comparing and combining    results from large-scale popul ... ]]></description>
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