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			<title>Genetic predictor of Parkinson's disease progression</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2012/#story_11909</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Research published in PLoS One suggests that Parkinson&amp;rsquo;s disease patients with a particular gene variant are likely to experience faster decline in motor function. Parkinson&amp;rsquo;s disease is characterised by progressive deterioration of motor skills, but the rate and the degree of functional ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Sequencing provides more evidence for role of sun in skin cancer</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2012/#story_11856</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A study published in Nature&amp;nbsp;appears to confirm the role of exposure to ultraviolet light as a cause of melanoma, as well as implicating a new region of gene mutations as a factor. Melanoma is not the most common form of skin cancer, but is the most dangerous because of its tendency to metastasi ... ]]></description>
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			<title>More evidence linking telomeres and early ageing</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2012/#story_11423</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Understanding more about the role of telomeres in both normal ageing and disease risk is important &amp;ndash; but as many other factors (including epigenetics) are likely to be involved, commercial telomere testing as a guide to health is probably still premature.  &amp;nbsp; ]]></description>
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			<title>Not enough evidence for genetic breast cancer tests</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2012/#story_11275</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has released a consultation document on the use of gene expression profiling as a guide to chemotherapy for breast cancer.  &amp;nbsp;  The diagnostics consultation reviews three gene expression profiling tests, MammaPrint, Oncotype D ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Policy issues around the use of biomarkers in health care</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2011/#story_10659</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The OECD has issued a new report examining policy issues surrounding the development and use of biomarkers in health, which it says &amp;lsquo;may improve patient welfare by delivering better health outcomes&amp;rsquo; in the long-term.  &amp;nbsp;  It considers the different environments in which biomarkers ar ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetic biomarker for Huntington's disease identified</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2011/#story_10205</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Is DNA patenting stifling innovation in the UK?</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2011/#story_9429</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new report from the UK Human Genetics Commission (see previous news) examines the impact of DNA patenting on innovation and development and calls for national action.  &amp;nbsp;  Intellectual Property and DNA Diagnostics is the product of a 2010 seminar focused on common concerns surrounding intellec ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Highly cited biomarker studies exaggerate findings</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2011/#story_8715</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Discovery of new genes linked to breast cancer</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2011/#story_8434</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Routine screening for SCID following a pilot study</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2011/#story_8074</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Children with SCID have no effective immune responses and are highly vulnerable to &amp;nbsp;infections that would be harmless in a healthy person; early detection by newborn screening can help secure prompt treatment and protection from infection. Treatments such as bone marrow transplantation and gene ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Towards a non-invasive test of organ rejection</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2011/#story_8035</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>New insight for prostate cancer treatment and prognosis</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2011/#story_7683</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Parkinson's influenced by more genes than previously thought</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2011/#story_7486</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>New technique to obtain genetic data from stored blood samples</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2011/#story_7250</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Boost for international proteomics research</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2010/#story_5697</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Human Proteome Project (HPP) is a recently established working group of the Canadian-based Human Proteome Organization&amp;nbsp;(HUPO), aiming to co-ordinate international research efforts to fully characterise the 21,000 protein coding genes (the proteome) within the human genome, with a view to un ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Circulating cell-free tumour DNA as a marker for cancer</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2010/#story_5675</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Cancerous tumours release naked, cell-free DNA fragments into the bloodstream as they develop and grow, which may be used as a marker for cancer if an appropriate genomic rearrangement can be found that is characteristic of the tumour. The development of next generation DNA sequencing technologies h ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New study points the way to muscular dystrophy therapies</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2010/#story_5653</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A study published yesterday in Science [Lemmers et al. (2010) Science 19 Aug doi:10.1126/science.1189044] has uncovered the mystery cause of a form of muscular dystrophy pointing the way towards possible therapies.Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is one of the more common forms of muscu ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Common susceptibility locus associated with ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2010/#story_5600</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  Sudden cardiac death (SCD) can arise through multiple different molecular mechanisms, and enormous progress has recently been made in understanding genetics factors that increase SCD risk in those with inherited cardiovascular disease (see the PHG Foundation Heart to Heart Report). However, the  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>In utero environment and risk of childhood diseases</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2010/#story_5364</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The prevalence of certain childhood diseases such as asthma, eczema and cancers has seen a worldwide increase in recent decades. However, the underlying cause of this increase is as yet unknown, and could be due to genetic and/or environmental factors. The NewGeneris project was launched in 2006 to  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Evaluating the evidence for newborn screening of rare disorders</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2010/#story_5342</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Newborn screening involves the testing of blood samples from newborn babies for various different rare genetic disorders. In some cases, early identification can allow interventions to prevent or ameliorate disease; other potential benefits of early, pre-symptomatic diagnosis include avoiding the ne ... ]]></description>
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