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McKusick Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine

Dr. Victor A. McKusick

Laureate of the 2008 (24th) Japan Prize

Victor McKusick, MD
Victor A. McKusick

Commemorative Lectures

Photo Gallary Award Ceremony
April 2008

Meet Our Director
Dave Valle, MD Henry J Knott Professor
David Valle, MD

Our Publication Corner

»NEW« Miller RA, Christoforou N, Pevsner J, McCallion AS*, Gearhart JD* Efficient Array-Based Identification of Novel Cardiac Genes through Differentiation of Mouse ESCs. PLoS One (2008)
*corresponding authors.

»NEW« Hans T. Bjornsson, Thomas J. Albert, Christine M. Ladd-Acosta, Roland D. Green, Michael A. Rongione, Christina M. Middle, Rafael A. Irizarry, Karl W. Broman,and Andrew P. Feinberg. SNP-specific array-based allele-specific expression analysis. Genome Research, May 2008.

»NEW« Emily C. Lisi , Ada Hamosh , Kimberly F. Doheny, Elizabeth Squibb, Barbara Jackson, Rebecca Galczynski, George H. Thomas, Denise Batista.3q29 interstitial microduplication: A new syndrome in a three-generation family.
Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Feb 1 [Epub ahead of print]

»NEW« Mathivanan, S., Ahmed, M., 157 coauthors and Pandey, A. Human Proteinpedia enables sharing of human protein data. Nature Biotechnology. 26, 6-9.

»NEW« Christoforou, N.,* Miller, R.A.,* Hill, C.M., Jie, C.C., McCallion, A.S., and Gearhart. J.D. The characterization of ES-derived cardiac precursor cells demonstrates their multipotentiality and identifies novel cardiac genes. J. Clin. Invest. 2/2008

»NEW« Dan E. Arking, David J. Cutler, Camille W. Brune, Tanya M. Teslovich, Kristen West, Morna Ikeda, Alexis Rea, Moltu Guy, Shin Lin,Edwin H. Cook Jr., and Aravinda Chakravarti
A Common Genetic Variant in the Neurexin Superfamily Member CNTNAP2 Increases Familial Risk of Autism. AJHG 1/2008
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»NEW« J. Michael Collaco, Lori Vanscoy, Lindsay Bremer, Kathryn McDougal, Scott Blackman, Amanda Bowers, Kathleen Naughton, Jacky Jennings, Jonathan Ellen and G. R. Cutting
Interactions Between Secondhand Smoke and Genes That Affect Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease. JAMA 1/2008
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»NEW« Tina L. Cheng, MD, MPH, Ronald D. Cohn, MD George J. Dover, MD
The Genetics Revolution and Primary Care Pediatrics JAMA 2008

»NEW« Thomas E. Sussan, Annan Yang, Fu Li, Michael C. Ostrowski & Roger H. Reeves Trisomy represses Apc-mediated tumours in mouse models of Down's syndrome Trisomy represses Apc^Min-mediated tumours in mouse models of Down syndrome Nature 451, 73-75 (3 January 2008)

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