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			<title>PHG Foundation news will return in September</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2008/#story_4302</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Our genomics and policy news service is now on its summer break, and will resume in September.Click here for the main news pageClick here for the most recent monthly news round-up ]]></description>
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			<title>August's monthly news round-up</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2008/#story_4301</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ To receive our monthly round-up by email please register here (also gives you access to our Resources section). 		 Go to monthly round-up ]]></description>
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			<title>ESHG recommendations on genetic testing in minors</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2008/#story_4300</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Proposed recommendations and a background document on genetic testing in asymptomatic minors have been released by the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) for comment (see website). The recommendations concern genetic testing of asymptomatic minors in a clinical context, where testing has been ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Birth cohort facility to study impact of environmental and genetic factors</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2008/#story_4295</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new birth cohort research facility is to be launched as a resource for the study of the effects of economic, social and biological factors on human behaviour. A collaborative venture between the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC), the &amp;pound;28.5 million ... ]]></description>
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			<title>HTA launches public consultation on revised codes of practice</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2008/#story_4294</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK&amp;rsquo;s Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has announced the launch of a public consultation process to get stakeholders&amp;rsquo; views on its revised codes of practice and a new code of practice on research (see press release). Codes of practice 1-7 have been re-written and a new code of practice on ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Selected new reviews and commentaries, 5 August 2008</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2008/#story_4292</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Evidence of support for biobanking practices.Laurie G. BMJ. 2008 Jul 10;337:a337.        The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - a half-step toward risk sharing.Korobkin R, Rajkumar R.N Engl J Med. 2008 Jul 24;359(4):335-7.      Genetics. Insights into the pathogenesis of autism.Sutcliffe JS ... ]]></description>
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			<title>UK biotech patent over TNF protein revoked</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2008/#story_4293</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In a significant judgment on Thursday 31 July, Mr. Justice Kitchin of the UK High Court revoked a UK patent held by US pharmaceutical company Human Genome Science (HGS) over neutrokine alpha, a member of the &amp;lsquo;tumour necrosis factor&amp;rsquo; (TNF) superfamily of proteins found to trigger inflamma ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Rare and common genetic variants linked with schizophrenia</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2008/#story_4290</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ New research has identified new genetic variants associated with the disease schizophrenia, the most common major psychiatric disorder (affecting around 1 in 100 of the UK population), which causes altered perceptions of reality typified by delusions and hallucinations. Two large-scale international ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Translational genomics: examining utility of genetic susceptibility tests</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4289</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Scientific and technical progress has led to the rapid rise in the number of genome wide association (GWA) studies and the identification of multiple gene-disease associations for common diseases. This has also resulted in the increasing commercial availability of tests to determine the presence or  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New &amp;lsquo;open&amp;rsquo; method for targeted gene modifications</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4286</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Zinc-fingers are small DNA-binding proteins that mediate DNA-protein interactions within cells, playing an important role in regulation of DNA expression. Zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) are synthetic enzymes that combine zinc-finger peptide domains (which target the protein to attach to specific DNA s ... ]]></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>Mechanism of genetic contributions to risk of common diseases</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4281</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Genome wide association (GWA) studies have identified a number of genetic variants associated with common conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. Such research has also resulted in an increasing number of genetic tests to determine the presence or absence of such variants, a ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New study to explore the molecular basis of healthy ageing</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4279</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Changing population demography, with an increase in the number of elderly people has led to an increased interest in identifying the factors which influence longevity and healthy aging. Past research into the genetic factors that influence longevity, identified a mutation which appears to be linked  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Principles to guide the use of racial categories in human genetics research</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4278</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In an open letter published in Genome Biology, a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Stanford University have proposed ten principles to guide the use of racial categories in human genetics research [Lee et al. (2008) Genome Biology 2008, 9 (7), doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-7-404]. The authors note  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Microarray technology for preimplantation genetic screening</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4277</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ An ethics task force from the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) is to investigate the application of DNA chip (microarray) technology in embryo screening. Preimplantation genetic screening is used to identify significant chromosomal abnormalities in embryos created by in  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>July's monthly news round-up</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4270</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ To receive our monthly round-up by email please register here (also gives you access to our Resources section) Go to monthly round-up ]]></description>
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			<title>Recommendations on managing incidental findings in human subject research</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4269</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The management of findings incidental to a research agenda involving human subjects is becoming an increasingly important issue, especially in the context of human genomic and genetics research. Studies involving human subjects result, in some instances, in unexpected findings unrelated to the origi ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Regulatory approval sought for cancer gene therapy drug</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4265</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Introgen Therapeutics Inc. has become the first company to apply for FDA approval of a gene therapy drug to treat cancer (see press release). Although high profile gene therapy trials reported in the media have largely been for rare inherited diseases such as muscular dystrophy (see previous news),  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Electrocardiography screening for athletes at risk of sudden cardiac death</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4264</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in younger athletes is typically the result of structural or electrical defects of the heart, many of which are the result of inherited (genetic) cardiovascular disorders. Unfortunately it is common for death to occur without any previous symptoms in apparently healthy ath ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Regulation and research in stem cell medicine</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2008/#story_4263</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Regenerative medicine has continued to feature in the headlines recently. The European Science Foundation has announced plans to strengthen the research base in this area, which they define as &amp;ldquo;the development of stem cell therapies to restore lost, damaged, or ageing cells and tissues in the  ... ]]></description>
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