Genomics|Update|Non Communicable Diseases ► Human Genomics across the Lifespan

Genomics|Update|Non Communicable Diseases

Volume 35  Number 1  July 2-9, 2015

Human Genomics across the Lifespan

• Birth Defects & Child Health
• Cancer
• Genomics in Practice

• Newborn Screening
• Reproductive Health
• Reviews, News & Commentaries

Birth Defects and Child Health

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: High-resolution melting curve analysis as an affordable diagnostic mutation scanning tool in a South African cohort. 
Esterhuizen AI et al. S. Afr. Med. J. 2014 Nov 104(11) 779-84

Genetic and clinical profile of patients of Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Experience from a tertiary care center in Eastern India. 
Dey S et al. Indian Pediatr 2015 Jun 8. 52(6) 481-4

Can genetics predict response to complex behavioral interventions? evidence from a genetic analysis of the Fast Track randomized control trial. 
Albert D et al. J Policy Anal Manage 2015 34(3) 497-518

Findings from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study: Interpretation and translation for the clinician. 
Alwan S et al. Birth Defects Res. Part A Clin. Mol. Teratol. 2015 Jun 25.

Guidelines for incorporating scientific knowledge and practice on rare diseases into higher education: neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses as a model disorder. 
Cismondi IA et al. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 2015 Jun 24.

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Cancer

A family history of lethal prostate cancer and risk of aggressive prostate cancer in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. 
Raheem OA et al. Sci Rep 2015 510544

Patients with non-small cell lung cancer analyzed for EGFR: Adherence to guidelines, prevalence and outcome. 
Sandelin M et al. Anticancer Res. 2015 Jul 35(7) 3979-85

Peer support and additional information in group medical consultations (GMCs) for BRCA1/2 mutation carriers: A randomized controlled trial. 
Visser A et al. Acta Oncol 2015 Jun 26. 1-10

Prospective clinical utility study of the use of the 21-gene assay in adjuvant clinical decision making in women with estrogen receptor-positive early invasive breast cancer: Results from the SWITCH study. 
Gligorov J et al. Oncologist 2015 Jun 25.

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Genomics in Practice

Design of a genomics curriculum: Competencies for practicing pathologists. 
Laudadio J et al. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 2015 Jul 139(7) 894-900

Educating future nursing scientists: Recommendations for integrating omics content in PhD programs. 
Conley YP et al. Nurs Outlook 2015 Jun 12.

The support of human genetic evidence for approved drug indications. 
Nelson MR et al. Nat. Genet. 2015 Jun 29.

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Newborn Screening

Framing optional genetic testing in the context of mandatory newborn screening tests. 
Lillie SE et al. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2015 15(1) 50

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Reproductive Health

Committee opinion: Cell-free DNA screening for fetal aneuploidy.
Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Jun 25.

What patients are reading about noninvasive prenatal testing: an evaluation of Internet content and implications for patient-centered care. 
Mercer MB et al. Prenat. Diagn. 2014 Oct 34(10) 986-93

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Reviews, News and Commentaries

Computational biology: Moving into the future one click at a time.
Fogg CN, et al. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015 Jun 24;11(6):e1004323.

Transformation medicine genomically informed and personally precise, by Stephen C. Peiper and Erica S. Johnson, GEN, July 2

Should babies have their genomes sequenced? By Anna Nowogrodzki, MIT Technology Review, July 2

Should everyone be tested for high-risk cancer genes? by Marie Delaney, Genetic Literacy Project, July 2

Oncology dominates personalized medicine, Applied Clinical Trials, June 1 

Another 5 things to know about meta-analysis, by Hilda Bastian, PLoS Blogs, June 30

Genomics and the trouble with ‘N of 1’ trials, Genomics Education Programme, June 29

Scientific ethical divide between China and West, by Didi Kirsten Tatlow, The New York Times, June 29

Navigators have a key role in using genetics and genomics for cancer risk identification, by Joyce Pagan, Oncology Nurse Advisor, June 28

Would you be willing to reveal your genetic code to your employer? By Fintan Burke, Irish Times, June 28

Report from the Festival of Genomics, Bio IT World, June 26

Genetics and cancer risk: More options, more tests, more prevention, more survivors, the Monitor, June 25

The promise and peril of Crispr, by John Lauerman and Caroline Chen, Bloomberg, June 25

CRISPR: Science can't solve it, by Daniel Sarewitz, Nature News, June 23

Genomic hype translates, slowly, into hope, by Alex Philippidis, GEN, June 23

Consumers of commercial genetic tests understand more than many believe, Michigan University News, June 22