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			<title>Type 2 diabetes genes identified in multiple ethnic groups</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2012/#story_11237</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Research has linked four new genes to risk of type 2 diabetes.  &amp;nbsp;  Published in the&amp;nbsp;American Journal of Human Genetics, the research examined genetic variants in 2,000 genes involved in cardiac and metabolic function. Data came from multiple studies involving more than 17,000 people with t ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Asthma genome project focuses on African-Americans</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2012/#story_10932</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Lead researcher Dr Kathleen Barnes says the project is &amp;ldquo;an exciting opportunity to disentangle the genetic basis of a host of other diseases, not just asthma, which have a hereditary component and uniquely or disproportionately affect minorities&amp;rdquo;. ]]></description>
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			<title>Refugee DNA test scrapped</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2011/#story_8959</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Healthy genomes: implications for medicine</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2011/#story_7767</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Greater input to genetic research from developing countries</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2010/#story_6730</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Human Heredity and Health in Africa project</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2010/#story_5556</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Human Heredity and Health in Africa Project (H3 Africa) has been established by the Wellcome Trust and US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support African researchers conduct population-based genetics studies of common, non-communicable and communicable disorders (see press release). The a ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetic diseases in the Arab world</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2009/#story_4864</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Arab nations have some of the highest rates of genetic disorders in the world, according to the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies (CAGS). More than 900 different genetic diseases have been identified, around 200 of them prevalent only within the Gulf Cooperation Council states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman,  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>DNA testing to assess nationality of UK asylum seekers</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2009/#story_4855</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK Border Agency has reportedly launched a new Human Provenance pilot project intended to use genetic testing as an additional element to other forensic techniques used to determine the true nationalities of asylum seekers (see Observer news article). The project is initially testing samples pro ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Vitamin D linked with genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2009/#story_4474</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex neurological autoimmune disease caused by inflammatory damage of the myelin sheath that surrounds nerve fibres (demyelination). This damage results in impaired neurotransmission, and can lead to progressive disability. Both genetic and environmental factors are  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New funding for genomics ELSI centres of excellence</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2009/#story_4459</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The US National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced new funding for the creation of transdisciplinary research specifically for the study of the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of emerging genome technologies and the growing proliferation of genomic information. Thes ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetic factor influences HIV-1 susceptibility in African-Americans</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4283</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The prevalence of a specific infectious disease typically varies in different populations; much of this variation may result from differing social and economic factors, but genetic factors that influence susceptibility and resistance to the infectious agent can also play a significant role, and are  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Common variants associated with obesity identified</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2008/#story_4205</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ An international collaborative genome wide association study looking at insulin resistance and related phenotypes has identified a gene sequence linked to an expanding waist line (central adiposity), weight gain and insulin resistance, which can lead to type 2 diabetes (see BBC news). The results of ... ]]></description>
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			<title>DeCODE launches gene test for stroke risk</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2007/#story_3501</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The company deCODE Genetics is selling a genetic test for two gene variants that increase the risk of atrial fibrillation, itself a cause of cardiogenic stroke. The evidence for the association between the two variants and stroke risk will be published in a paper scheduled to appear in Nature magazi ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Study aims to chart DNA variation across Britain</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2007/#story_3433</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A group of Oxford scientists, led by Professor Walter Bodmer, is seeking DNA samples from 3500 people living in different regions of Britain, in an attempt to chart patterns of DNA variation across the British Isles. It is hoped that the results of the People of the British Isles project will shed l ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US Senator proposes legislation to support pharmacogenomics and personalised medicine</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2006/#story_2613</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Sen. Barack Obama, a Democratic senator from Illinois, has introduced a bill entitled, ‘Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2006’ (see press release). According to Sen. Obama, this bill “…will help scientists tap the power of genomics to find treatments for diseases that afflict millions of Am ... ]]></description>
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			<title>‘Ethnic drug’ moves closer to the clinic</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2004/#story_1443</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[    The first drug targeted at a specific ethnic group is expected to take a step closer to the market today, as phase III clinical trial results demonstrating &amp;#039;significant survival benefit&quot; in a group of 1000 African Americans are expected to be presented today at the annual meeting of the Amer ... ]]></description>
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			<title>FDA approves ‘ethnic’ drug</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2005/#story_1773</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The US Food and Drug Administration       (FDA) has approved the first ever drug marketed for use solely in a specific       ethnic group. BiDil, produced by US company NitroMed,       has been approved for the treatment of heart failure in self-identified black       patients, having been through c ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Racial consistency in complex disease genetics</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2004/#story_1449</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ It is known that disease-associated genetic variants are more prevalent in some ethnic populations than others (for example, pathogenic mutations associated with cystic fibrosis in the CTFR gene are most common in Caucasians of northern European ancestry; beta-thalassaemia is most common in individu ... ]]></description>
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			<title>A genetic variant in LGALS2 may confer a risk of myocardial infarction in a Japanese population</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2004/#story_1362</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Determining the molecular basis of complex diseases, such as myocardial infarction (MI), is the subject of numerous genetic epidemiological studies. Recently, a letter published in the journal Nature (Nature 2004:429;72-75.) has suggested an association between a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Ethnic issues in screening</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2004/#story_1331</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new National Screening Committee (NSC) report (available from the National electronic Library for Screening) has recently been released following an NSC project to review ethnic issues in screening, with reference to the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, which underlined the commitment of healt ... ]]></description>
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