New genetics fellowship position with CDC’s Division of Laboratory Systems in the National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Disease.
	New scientific journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics  releases first issue.
	The Oregon State Genetics Program releases 2007 results on BRFSS questions (146 KB) related to family history of cardiovascular disease and direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests.
	Join the APHA Genomics Forum and attend the next meeting on October 26th at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association in San Diego, California.
	October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. See the USPSTF recommendations on BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility, and learn more about breast cancer from the CDC and NIH.

• The following are headlines from on-line news articles published during the past week.
• The headlines and lead sentence are exactly as they appear in the popular press & do not necessarily reflect the opinions or recommendations of CDC.
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Prevalence in the United States of Selected Candidate Gene Variants: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1991-1994 Chang MH, et al. Am J Epidemiol 2008 Oct

Does the relationship between IgE and the CD14 gene depend on ethnicity?
Zhang G, et al.
Allergy 2008 Nov;63(11):1411-7

Pharmacogenetics of the neurodevelopmental impact of anticancer chemotherapy
Robaey P, et al.
Dev Disabil Res Rev 2008 Oct;14(3):211-20

Copy-number variations associated with neuropsychiatric conditions
Cook EH Jr & Scherer SW
Nature 2008 Oct;455(7215):919-23

Does COMT val(158)met Affect Behavioral Phenotypes: Yes, No, Maybe?
Lachman HM
Neuropsychopharmacology 2008 Oct

Hypertension-Associated Kidney Disease: Perhaps no More
Freedman BI & Sedor JR
J Am Soc Nephrol 2008 Oct

Strategy for a genetic assessment of antipsychotic and antidepressant-related proarrhythmia
Drago A, et al.
Curr Med Chem 2008;15(24):2472-517

Mitochondria, mitochondrial DNA and Alzheimer's disease. What comes first?
Mancuso M, et al.
Curr Alzheimer Res 2008 Oct;5(5):457-68

Human genetic factors and respiratory syncytial virus disease severity
Miyairi I & DeVincenzo JP
Clin Microbiol Rev 2008 Oct;21(4):686-703

A new model defines the minimal set of polymorphism in HLA-DQ and -DR that determines susceptibility and resistance to autoimmune diabetes
Parry CS & Brooks BR
Biol Direct 2008 Oct;3(1):42

Clinical pharmacogenetics and potential application in personalized medicine
Zhou SF, et al.
Curr Drug Metab 2008 Oct;9(8):738-84

Searching for genetic factors underlying pre-eclampsia: recent progress and persistent challenges
Ward K
Minerva Ginecol 2008 Oct;60(5):399-419

The Medical and Economic Roles of Pipeline Pharmacogenetics: Alzheimer's Disease  as a Model of Efficacy and HLA-B(*)5701 as a Model of Safety
Roses AD
Neuropsychopharmacology 2008 Oct

The genetic contribution to systemic lupus erythematosus
Criswell LA
Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis 2008;66(3):176-83

Assessing Genuine Parents-Offspring Trios for Genetic Association Studies
Teo YY, et al.
Hum Hered 2008 Oct;67(1):26-37

Carbamazepine, HLA-B*1502 and risk of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: US FDA recommendations
Ferrell PB Jr & McLeod HL
Pharmacogenomics 2008 Oct;9(10):1543-6

Genetic variants associated with cisplatin-induced ototoxicity
Oldenburg J, et al.
Pharmacogenomics 2008 Oct;9(10):1521-30

Genetic susceptibility to eating disorders: associated polymorphisms and pharmacogenetic suggestions
Monteleone P & Maj M
Pharmacogenomics 2008 Oct;9(10):1487-520

Pharmacogenetics of apolipoprotein E gene during lipid-lowering therapy: lipid levels and prevention of coronary heart disease
Nieminen T, et al.
Pharmacogenomics 2008 Oct;9(10):1475-86

The blood pressure variability, arterial elasticity and humoral factors in subjects with family history of hypertension
Rafidah HM, et al.
Med J Malaysia 2008 Mar;63(1):9-16

 

The emotional impact of genetic testing and aspects of counseling prior to prescription of oral contraceptives
Gartner V, et al.
Contraception 2008 Nov;78(5):392-8

The American Cancer Society guidelines for breast screening with magnetic resonance imaging: an argument for genetic testing
Murphy CD, et al.
Cancer 2008 Oct

Memorable messages about genes and health: implications for direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests and therapies
Parrott R, et al.
Health Mark Q 2008;25(1-2):8-32

The brave new era of human genetic testing
Bandelt HJ, et al.
Bioessays 2008 Oct;30(11-12):1246-51

Ethnicity of children with homozygous c.985A>G medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: findings from screening approximately 1.1 million newborn infants
Khalid JM, et al.
J Med Screen 2008;15(3):112-7

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