Genetics and Environmental Health Week

Johns Hopkins University - Environmental factors could have exposed veterans to higher risk of lung cancer

Johns Hopkins University - Pollin Prize recognizes research regarding effects of vitamin A deficiency

Karolinska Institute - Study: Maternal, fetal genetic factors account for most of familial aggregation

LGC - European laboratory licenses DNA probe technology to Osmetech

Loyola University - Men treated for prostate cancer have silent risk of osteoporosis

Lung Cancer - Radon in the home responsible for 9% of lung cancer deaths across Europe

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - FUS1 gene transfer shows promise for treating human lung cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - The cancer-specific properties of the survivin promoter enhance gene transfer

Medical University of Silesia, Katowice - Atorvastatin may exhibit a beneficial nonlipid-related effect on hemostasis

Molecular Engines Laboratories - Translationally controlled tumor protein levels decline in tumor revertants

Moredun Research Institute - Improved formulations for existing CBPP vaccines recommended

National Partnership for Immunization - Hepatitis experts join forces to educate public about disease and prevention

National Taiwan University - Arsenic ingestion from well water associated with increased risk of lung cancer

Osmangazi University, Eskisehir - Study looked for association of ACE gene polymorphism with other parameters

Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne - PIK3CA is an oncogene in ovarian cancer, common mutation in early breast cancer

Procter & Gamble Co. - Genomic effects of dietary phytoestrogens determined in lab rats

Russia State Research Ctr., Koltsov - MRNA segment of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus outbreak strains analyzed

SEQUENOM, Inc. - Intercellular adhesion molecule gene variations discovered

St. George's Hospital, London - Gene mutations point to possible role of protein involved in muscle contraction

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Research hospital announces blindness treatment, new leadership

Texas A&M University System Health Science Center - GTP cyclohydrolase I gene transfer improves cardiac function in diabetic rats

Third Military Medical University - c-Jun antisense gene transfection mitigates harm to cardiomyocytes

Tokyo Medical and Dental University - Regulation of DNA repair genes by growth stimulation characterized

ToxicoGenomics, Chapel Hill - Caloric restriction mimetics include lipid-activated nuclear receptor agonists

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Prospective and retrospective methods for haplotype inference compared

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Overall C. burnetii growth cycle characteristic of a closed bacterial system

Univ. of California, Berkeley - Desnutrin is induced by fasting and glucocorticoids

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Researchers report early success using saliva to detect squamous cell carcinoma

Univ. of California, Santa Cruz - RNA structure in the SARS virus offers promising target for antiviral drugs

University of Bologna - Low frequency magnetic fields turn on stem cell cardiogenesis

University of California, Irvine - Alpha-defensins inhibit/augment HIV replication by mechanisms that precede RT

University of Connecticut - Genetic influences on taste perception of alcohol may influence alcohol intake

University of Estadual Maringa - Human leukocyte antigen DQ1 positively associated with dengue fever

University of Florida - Novel targets identified for HIV-1 treatment

University of Georgia - Microbe's genome promises insight into earth's carbon, sulfur cycling

University of Louisville - Late preconditioning is a genetic reprogramming of the heart

University of Minnesota - E2F transcription factors mediate oncoprotein 18 activity in prostate cancer

University of Oslo - Cascade genetic screening for hypercholesterolemia leads to health benefits

University of Padua - Definition of cardiomyopathies should be broader

University of Paris V - Sodium iodide symporter gene transfer augments iodine uptake in liver tumors

University of Pittsburgh - HHV-8 can actively replicate in PBMCs

deCODE Genetics - Genetic predisposition can play an important role in development of lung cancer