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		<title>Articles from the PHG Foundation Newsletter</title>
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			<title>New UK School for Public Health Research launched</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11711</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has announced the launch of a new School for Public Health Research, to broaden the evidence base for effective public health practice.  &amp;nbsp;  The new School will be a collaboration between eight major academic centres across the UK with strong  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Translating genomics into health: meeting the challenges</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11694</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Registration has opened for an innovative event organised by the PHG Foundation, with a unique focus on the opportunities for genomics to improve population health, and the challenges of achieving the necessary transfer into health systems.  &amp;nbsp;  Translating Genomics, to be held in the city of Ca ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Guidance on newborn screening for metabolic disorders</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11663</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new practice recommendations for newborn screening for inherited metabolic disorders.  The guidance in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report notes the on-going challenges of maintaining high quality testing services as the number ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Fat mice provide genetic clues to obesity puzzle</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11653</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new study published in Nature Medicine provides clues as to how a gene mutation may lead to obesity.&amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp;  Mutations in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene (BDNF) have previously been shown to cause obesity in mice and have been identified in severely obese children.&amp;nbsp;Genome-wi ... ]]></description>
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			<title>UK to pilot expanded newborn screening programme</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11623</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK is to pilot an expansion of the national newborn screening programme, which detects rare genetic disorders via bloodspot screening of newborn babies.  &amp;nbsp;  Currently, the UK programme comprises just five conditions: phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, sickle cell anaemia, cystic fi ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetic insight to some cases of severe flu</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2012/#story_11508</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ New research has revealed a possible genetic cause for unusually severe cases of influenza (flu).  &amp;nbsp;  Writing in the journal Nature, scientists report that a variant ofthe IFITM3 gene was more common in people hospitalised for flu than in the general population. The variant is present in around ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New UK director for public engagement in research</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2012/#story_11476</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Increasing public engagement with and involvement in research is seen as increasingly important in the UK, particularly in the light of moves to ensure that the NHS participates in medical research (see previous news). This is considered crucial to ensure that the UK remains at the forefront of such ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New public survey on ethics and genomic information</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2012/#story_11132</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has launched an innovative new online survey to gather views on genomic information and how it should be shared.  &amp;nbsp;  Genetic research has traditionally ensured that samples are anonymised, and individual research findings are not shared with participants. How ... ]]></description>
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			<title>PHG Foundation response to the HGSG report</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2012/#story_11086</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Established in 2010 as part of the Government&amp;rsquo;s response to the House of Lords Inquiry into genomic medicine, the Human Genomics Strategy Group (HGSG), under the chairmanship of Sir John Bell, has taken a wide and detailed look at the emerging technologies and considered how the NHS can reap t ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Vision for future of genomics in UK health system</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2012/#story_11079</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new report from the government advisory body the Human Genomics Strategy Group (HGSG), Building on our inheritance, sets out a new strategic vision for how the UK can benefit from the adoption of genomic technologies in mainstream health services (see previous news).&amp;nbsp;    Genomics are said to  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Gene variants not linked to flu deaths</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2011/#story_10845</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ New research from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that certain genetic variants are not linked to deaths from influenza in children and young adults.  &amp;nbsp;  Influenza (flu) is a relatively mild and self-limiting illness in most cases, but can be fatal among vulnerab ... ]]></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>Genes or lifestyle: what defines cancer risk?</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2011/#story_10768</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[   &amp;nbsp;  A report from a large study looking at cancer risk attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors has been recently published by the Centre for Cancer Prevention research team.  &amp;nbsp;  The objective of this comprehensive study was to estimate the percentage of cancers in the UK in 20 ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Embedding genomics in public health and healthcare</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2011/#story_10729</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Office of Public Health Genomics (OPHG) of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new report outlining priorities for public health genomics over the next five years to 2017.  &amp;nbsp;  These recommendations were developed from stakeholder consultation and an expert ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Using microbial genome data for global public health</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2011/#story_10513</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A consensus report has been released following an expert meeting organized by The National Food Institute,   Danish Technical University, on microbiological genomic identification   systems. The meeting bought together scientists and managers to  discuss  the development of a global system to allow  ... ]]></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>Perspectives on translational science</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2011/#story_10453</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This year&amp;rsquo;s theme for the fourth annual Building Bridges in Medical Science conference was translational science and interdisciplinary research.&amp;nbsp;   The PHG Foundation was one of the sponsors of this event, which gave a number of perspectives on bench-to-bedside research. This ranged from  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>How your childhood might change your genes</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2011/#story_10405</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Changes in genes identified in middle-aged men may be the result of a childhood lived in poverty, according to new research.Analysing the DNA of 40 men, aged 45 at time of sample collection and raised in households belonging to the top and bottom 20 per cent of the socioeconomic scale, scientists ha ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Google Earth and genomics tackle typhoid together</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2011/#story_10323</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Health workers armed with global positioning systems (GPS) have been helping map the spread of typhoid in Kathmandu, Nepal, described in a 2008 report as &amp;lsquo;the typhoid capital of the world&amp;rsquo;.Typhoid is a major public health problem, and taking effective action to curb outbreaks requires ca ... ]]></description>
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