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			<title>Gene linked to memory capacity and risk of PTSD</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2012/#story_11869</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences&amp;nbsp;has identified a gene that influences both the capacity to form memories and an individual&amp;rsquo;s susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD can be highly debilitating: symptoms may include repeatedly re-ex ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Epigenetic test could inform breast cancer risk prediction</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2012/#story_11771</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ UK researchers have published data in the journal Cancer Research showing a strong link between an epigenetic modification of a gene in white blood cells and the risk of breast cancer.  &amp;nbsp;  The Breast Cancer Campaign funded scientists examined methylation levels in the ATM gene among 1380 women, ... ]]></description>
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			<title>More pieces in the genetic puzzle of autism</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11633</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Whole exome-sequencing studies have identified a large number of mutations associated with significantly increased risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).  &amp;nbsp;  Published in the journal Nature, three different papers report the findings of hundreds of independent de novo mutations in sporadic (no ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Epigenetic links with schizophrenia risk</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11551</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Studies into schizophrenia are revealing new insights into the genetic and environmental influences on the disease.  Scientists have previously found that genetic factors account for about 50% of the risk of developing schizophrenia, leaving the other 50% to external or environmental factors, the ef ... ]]></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>Genetic key may unlock multiple sclerosis prevention</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2011/#story_10832</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have uncovered new evidence of a genetic link between vitamin D deficiency and increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS).  Multiple sclerosis is a complex and progressive inflammatory disease of the central nervous system typically diagnosed in young adulthood. The disease is known to ha ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Philosophical issues in epidemiology and risk</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2011/#story_10505</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Report author Alex Broadbent notes that epidemiology, the core science of public health, has been relatively neglected by philosophers, ethicists and social sciences, but poses lots of important issues that philosophy can - and arguably should - productively address. ]]></description>
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			<title>Medical data explosion requires urgent system changes</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2011/#story_10492</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new report -&amp;nbsp;Towards Precision Medicine&amp;nbsp;- published by the&amp;nbsp;National Research Council&amp;nbsp;earlier this month highlights the need for new systems to incorporate the ever growing health and disease-related information into a single resource that can help improve health outcomes.The re ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New insight to genetic and environmental basis of autism</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2011/#story_8666</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Major new biobank to launch in Qatar</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2010/#story_6312</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Dr Hanan Al Kuwari, Chair of the Qatar Biobank Steering Committee said that the facility would work closely with the government to identify health targets or areas for further investment, adding &amp;ldquo;This will enable Qatar not only to practice evidence based medicine but also evidence based public ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetic variant associated with alcohol tolerance</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2010/#story_6099</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>National Children's Study expanded</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2010/#story_5721</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that it is to scale-up its controversial National Children's Study with the opening of 30 new study locations in addition to the existing seven. The goal of the study is to monitor the effects of the environment on the health of more than 100, ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Physical activity can reduce genetic risk to obesity</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2010/#story_5694</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In 2005, according to the World Health Organisation, around 1.6 billion adults and a further 20 million children under the age of five were overweight across the world. By 2015, there are expected to be more than 700 million obese adults (increasing from 400 million in 2005). Although this epidemic  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetic and environmental factors linked with breast cancer</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2010/#story_5513</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Most complex diseases including breast cancer are associated with both genetic and environmental risk factors. It is well established that several environmental and lifestyle factors such as childbearing, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), obesity, alcohol consumption are significantly associated wi ... ]]></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>Genetic susceptibility to lung cancer in non-smokers</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2010/#story_5321</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In the UK, lung cancer is the second most common diagnosed cancer and the most common cause of cancer death accounting for more than 1 in 5 cancer-related deaths (according to Cancer Research UK). Although smoking is the single largest risk factor for lung cancer, and causes almost 90% of lung cance ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Human gut microbial metagenome sequenced</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2010/#story_5268</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Remarkably, every human body contains ten times as many (much smaller) microbial cells as it does human cells. Interest in the role of this &amp;lsquo;microbiome&amp;rsquo; in health and disease has been growing over recent years (see previous news), especially with the advent of faster genome sequencing. N ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Gene Environment Association Studies Consortium (GENEVA)</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2010/#story_5175</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ 

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified over 2,000 genetic variants associated with a range of common diseases such as diabetes and various cancers, with only a few hundred variants being convincingly replicated. Finding many common variants with a weak effect on disease risk is con ... ]]></description>
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			<title>DNA methylation linked to heart failure</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2010/#story_5126</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The new study published in PLoS ONE has linked epigenetic changes with cardiomyopathy, a form of heart disease characterised by weakening of the heart or a change in muscle structure that diminishes the ability of the heart to function effectively. There are three main forms of cardiomyopathy &amp;ndash ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New European and US biobanking initiatives</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2009/#story_4915</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ 

  A new national biobanking initiative is to be established after the Dutch government awarded &amp;euro;22.5m funding for the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Infrastructure Netherlands (BBMRI-NL), a network including several academic and other research bodies. The initiative is intended to inte ... ]]></description>
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