Non-Communicable Diseases ► Tools and Databases [11]

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Tools and Databases

Allele frequency net 2015 update: new features for HLA epitopes, KIR and disease and HLA adverse drug reaction associations 
Gonzalez-Galarza FF, et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Nov

bam.iobio: a web-based, real-time, sequence alignment file inspector 
Chase A Miller, et al. Nature Methods 11, 1189 (2014) 25 November 2014

The IPD and IMGT/HLA database: allele variant databases 
Robinson J, et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Nov

The RD5000 database: Facilitating clinical, genetic, and therapeutic studies on inherited retinal diseases 
van Huet RA, et al. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2014;55(11):7355-60

Non-Communicable Diseases ► Reviews, News & Commentaries [10]

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Non-Communicable Diseases

Reviews, News & Commentaries

Modern drug development- which patients should come first?
Vaduganathan M, et al. JAMA 2014 Nov 24

Perspectives of biologists, epidemiologists and geneticists' controversies in sciences and health system reforms 
Huttin CC Technol Health Care 2014 Nov

How personalized medicine is changing lung cancer? Jeanne Erdmann, Genome Magazine, Winter 2014

Professor Nazneen Rahman: 'Women with ovarian cancer should have access to BRCA testing', Ovarian Cancer UK, Nov 26

What does genomics mean for the environment? Everything, by Pierre Meulien and John Dirks, The Globe and Mail, Nov 26

NIH News: High-tech analysis of genetic data may yield new test for endometriosis, Nov 25

US clarifies position on secondary findings in clinical genome sequencing, PHG Foundation, Nov 25

Family ties, by Selena Martinez, Genome Magazine, Nov 24

Give and take, by Jeanette McCarthy, Genome Magazine< Nov 24

We can, and should, do clinical trials in rare diseases, CureFFI.org, Nov 24

Copy-number: exomes vs genomes, proposing a better strategy, Core Genomics blog post, Nov 20

Will the boom in personal genomics backfire? Genetic Literacy Project, Nov 20

Genes unzipped, so many genetic data, so many uses, The Economist, Nov 19

Splash of cold water for clinical genomics at Cold Spring Harbor Personal Genomes Meeting,by Aaron Krol, BioIT World, Nov 19

Teaching bioinformatics in concert 
Anya L. Goodman et al. PLOS Computational Biology, November 20, 2014

Epigenetics and its role in periodontal diseases - a state-of-the-art review. 
Larsson L, et al. J Periodontol. 2014 Nov 21:1-18.

Personalized medicine becoming reality at Chicago-area health system, Neil Versel, US News, Nov 21

Molecular discoveries yield many personalized treatment targets in ovarian cancer, Lauren M. Green, Targeted Oncology, Nov 6

How can GENETICS revolutionize medicine? TedMed video, You Tube, Nov 18

Non-Communicable Diseases ► Reproductive Health [9]

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Reproductive Health

Molecular classification of endometriosis and disease stage using high-dimensional genomic data
John S. Tamaresis, et al. Endocrinology 2014 Sep 22

High-tech analysis of genetic data may yield new test for endometriosis, NIH News, Nov 25

Non-Communicable Diseases ► Pharmacogenomics [8]

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Pharmacogenomics

Pilot study of pharmacist-assisted delivery of pharmacogenetic testing in a primary care setting 
Haga SB, et al. Pharmacogenomics 2014 Sep;15(13):1677-86

Non-Communicable Diseases ► Newborn Screening [7]

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Newborn Screening

Education and parental involvement in decision-making about newborn screening: Understanding goals to clarify content 
Potter BK, et al. J Genet Couns 2014 Nov

Storage and use of newborn screening blood specimens for research: assessing public opinion in Illinois 
Hart A, et al. J Genet Couns 2014 Nov

Non-Communicable Diseases ► Guidelines & Recommendations [6]

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Non-Communicable Diseases

Guidelines & Recommendations

The 2014 ESC guidelines on the diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: What is new? 
Maisch B & Mahrholdt H Herz 2014 Nov

Diagnosis and management of glycogen storage disease type I: a practice guideline of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics 
Kishnani PS, et al. Genet Med 2014 Nov

Recommendations for the management of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia 
Feldman DI, et al. Curr Atheroscler Rep 2015 Jan;17(1):473

Non-Communicable Diseases ► Genomics in Practice [5]

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Non-Communicable Diseases

Genomics in Practice

Assessing copy number from exome sequencing and exome array CGH based on CNV spectrum in a large clinical cohort
Retterer K, et al. Genet Med 2014 Nov

Communities and community genetics in Ethiopia
Tadesse L, et al. Pan Afr Med J 2014;18:115

Enhanced utility of family-centered diagnostic exome sequencing with inheritance model-based analysis: results from 500 unselected families with undiagnosed genetic conditions
Farwell KD, et al. Genet Med 2014 Nov

Panel-based genetic diagnostic testing for inherited eye diseases is highly accurate and reproducible, and more sensitive for variant detection, than exome sequencing.
Mark B. Consugar, et al. Genetics in Medicine, November 20, 2014  

Reacting to genetic risk: An experimental survey of life between health and disease
Almeling R & Gadarian SK J Health Soc Behav 2014 Dec;55(4):482-503

Reporting incidental findings in clinical whole exome sequencing: incorporation of the 2013 ACMG recommendations into current practices of genetic counseling
Smith LA, et al. J Genet Couns 2014 Nov