Genome Medicine


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Volume 2 Issue 1

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The 1000 Genomes Project: new opportunities for research and social challenges

Marc Via, Christopher Gignoux, Esteban Burchard Genome Medicine 2010, 2:3 (21 January 2010)

Safeguarding against ethical and privacy concerns will help clinical research to benefit from the 1000 Genomes Project.

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Musings on genome medicine: Hepatitis C

David G Nathan, Stuart H Orkin Genome Medicine 2010, 2:4 (27 January 2010)

Recent advances in our understanding of the genetics of response to interferon treatment are intriguing, but further research is necessary before we can achieve a true cure for hepatitis C.

Review

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Genomic variants associated with primary biliary cirrhosis

Carlo Selmi, Natalie J Torok, Andrea Affronti, M Eric Gershwin Genome Medicine 2010, 2:5 (26 January 2010)

Association of primary biliary cirrhosis with many genetic variants has not greatly improved our understanding of the disease, but epigenomic and microRNA research may provide more answers.

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Recent advances in the genetics of language impairment

Dianne F Newbury, Simon E Fisher, Anthony P Monaco Genome Medicine 2010, 2:6 (26 January 2010)

Four genes involved in specific language impairment have now been identified, highlighting a variety of neural pathways which contribute to the disorder.

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Downstream EWS/FLI1 - upstream Ewing's sarcoma

Heinrich Kovar Genome Medicine 2010, 2:8 (28 January 2010)

Ewing's sarcoma family tumors express the fusion protein EWS/FLI1, modulation of which is a desirable therapeutic goal.

Report

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Genome informatics: advances in theory and practice

Szu-chin Fu, Paul Horton Genome Medicine 2010, 2:7 (26 January 2010)

A report on the 20th International Conference on Genome Informatics, Yokohama, Japan, 14-16 December 2009.

Research

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Family-based genetic risk prediction of multifactorial disease

Douglas M Ruderfer, Joshua Korn, Shaun M Purcell Genome Medicine 2010, 2:2 (15 January 2010)

Inclusion of phenotypic and genotypic information from close relatives in a genetic risk prediction model can lead to improved estimates of an individual’s disease risk.

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Using transcriptomics to identify and validate novel biomarkers of human skeletal muscle cancer cachexia

Nathan A Stephens, Iain J Gallagher, Olav Rooyackers, Richard J Skipworth, Ben H Tan, Troels Marstrand, James A Ross, Denis C Guttridge, Lars Lundell, Kenneth C Fearon, James A Timmons Genome Medicine 2010, 2:1 (15 January 2010)

An 83-gene signature for cachexia in cancer patients includes genes such as CaMKII and TIE1 and suggests that preclinical models do not accurately reflect biological processes in human cancer cachexia.