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Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms.

Subjects: “…Corn Genetic engineering Kenya Case studies.…”
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Genetic determinants of antipsychotic-induced weight gain

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Antipsychotic drugs: limitations and side effects -- Drug-induced weight gain -- Severity and consequences -- Receptor mechanisms -- Role of 5-HT2C receptor -- Pharmacogenetics of antipsychotic weight gain: 5-HT2C promoter polymorphism -- Functional mechanism of polymorphism -- Role of leptin and leptin-promoter polymorphism -- Role of genetic testing -- Future directions.…”
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Tailoring psychiatric treatment using genetic information pharmacogenetic prediction of treatment response /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Pharmacological treatment in psychiatry -- Causes of treatment variability -- Contribution of genetic variants of the CYP enzymes to drug metabolism -- Influence of genetic variance on drug treatment -- Influence of genetic variance on treatment-induced side-effects -- Prediction tests for psychotropic drug response.…”
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Rapid methods for the genetic determination of pharmacokinetic status

“…Psychopharmacogenetics : genetic factors influencing the kinetics and dynamics of psychotropic drugs.…”
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Genetic disorders of carbonic anhydrases II and IV

Subjects: “…Carbonic Anhydrases genetics. 110865…”
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Genetic and environmental triggers of autoimmune thyroid diseases

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) -- Identification of AITD susceptibility genes -- Iodine and AITD -- MHC class II genes, CTLA-4, and CD40 -- Sequencing efforts -- Environmental and genetic triggering factors of AITD -- Genetic studies and etiology of AITD -- Development of AITD.…”
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Adjusting for population structure in genetic association studies

Subjects: “…Genetic Predisposition to Disease epidemiology. 112385…”
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Genetic polymorphism of thiopurine methyltransferase and thiopurine therapy from molecular genetics to clinical medicine /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Pharmacogenomics to optimize cancer chemotherapeutics -- The genetic polymorphism of thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) -- Its influence on thiopurine (e.g., mercaptopurine, azathioprine) therapy -- Molecular and biochemical basis of this pharmacogenetic trait -- Clinical diagnostic widely used to individualize and optimize thiopurine therapy for cancer and other diseases -- Update talk: Hematologic toxicity of thiopurines -- Update talk: TPMT -- Update talk: NUDT15 -- Update talk: Ancestry-related differences in allele frequency.…”
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Host genetic factors that limit HIV and AIDS

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Overview of candidate gene association studies of HIV and AIDS -- Key role for genetic variants involved in cell entry and host defenses -- Homozygous CCR5 32 basepair deletion prevents HIV Infection -- Acquired Immunity: HLA Class 1 proteins -- Key mediators of HIV progression -- Innate Protection: HLA and KIRS interactions in HIV disease -- Overview of Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) -- Overwhelming influence of HLA class I on HIV Progression and control of HIV viral load -- Non-HLA genetic associations with extreme phenotypes -- No new variants identified that prevent HIV infection -- Discovery of chromosome 22 associations with HIV-associated nephropathy -- Future studies -- Epigenetic, proteomic, functional studies -- Potential role of rare variants.…”
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Social aspects associated with genetic engineering in agriculture

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Food safety of genetically engineered (GE) crops for human and animal consumption -- Environmental safety of GE crops the environment -- Regulation of GE crops -- The need for GE technology -- Ethical and moral issues of using GE -- Foods created through GE (natural or not?) …”
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The genetic history of Australia, Oceania, and Southeast Asia part 2 of 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Austronesian expansion is an expansion of languages -- Spread of Austronesian languages from Taiwan -- Genetic study of Taiwan -- Putting together archaeology, linguistics, and genetics -- Genetics and the Austronesian expansion.…”
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Human genetic variation and the genotype-phenotype problem part 1 of 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Humans as mosaics -- Biological indeterminacy & robustness -- Parallel evolution -- Genotype vs. phenotype -- Categorical thinking misses complexity -- Penetrance and expressivity -- Nature and nurture -- "Superpower" mutations -- Identifying disease mutations -- Genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders -- Discovery of families with rare diseases and/or increased prevalence for syndromes -- Genetic background and environmental perturbation influence phenotypic differences in severe mental illness.…”
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Choosing the right study design in genetic epidemiology

Subjects: “…Genetic Predisposition to Disease epidemiology. 112649…”
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Penetrance, pleiotropy, and psychiatry 2

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Using 22q11.2 deletion to examine pleiotropy and variable penetrance -- Common variants influence rare, high impact genetic variants expression -- Clinical applications for patients with neurodevelopmental disorders.…”
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Design and destiny Jewish and Christian perspectives on human germline modification /

Subjects: “…Medical genetics Religious aspects Judaism.…”
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Inherited cancer case studies

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Non-paternity -- Clinical observation -- Pedigree information -- Non-paternity -- Indirect genetic testing -- Genetic variants -- Panel testing -- Modifiers of penetrance -- Tests in identical twins.…”
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Diseases of civilization an evolutionary legacy /

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Traffic problems inherited disease and intracellular trafficking defect /

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Wondergenes genetic enhancement and the future of society / by Mehlman, Maxwell J.

Subjects: “…Genetic engineering Social aspects.…”
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The imprinted brain how genes set the balance between autism and psychosis / by Badcock, C. R.

Subjects: “…Autism Genetic aspects.…”
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