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• New models of collaboration in genome-wide association studies: the Genetic Association Information Network.

  The Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN) is a public-private partnership established to investigate the genetic basis of common diseases thr…

  Authors: GAIN Collaborative Research Group, Teri A Manolio, Laura Lyman Rodriguez, Lisa Brooks, Gonçalo Abecasis, Collaborative Association Study of Psoriasis, Dennis Ballinger, Mark Daly, Peter Donnelly, Stephen V Faraone,…

  Source: Nature genetics. 2007 Sep

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• Genome-wide association scan identifies a colorectal cancer susceptibility locus on 11q23 and replicates risk loci at 8q24 and 18q21.

  In a genome-wide association study to identify loci associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, we genotyped 555,510 SNPs in 1,012 early-onset Scott…

  Authors: Albert Tenesa, Susan M Farrington, James G D Prendergast, Mary E Porteous, Marion Walker, Naila Haq, Rebecca A Barnetson, Evropi Theodoratou, Roseanne Cetnarskyj, Nicola Cartwright,…

  Source: Nature genetics. 2008 May

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• Identification of common variants in the SHBG gene affecting sex hormone-binding globulin levels and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.

  BACKGROUND: Circulating levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) are inversely associated with breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women. Three …

  Authors: Deborah J Thompson, Catherine S Healey, Caroline Baynes, Bolot Kalmyrzaev, Shahana Ahmed, Mitch Dowsett, Elizabeth Folkerd, Robert N Luben, David Cox, Dennis Ballinger,…

  Source: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 2008 Dec

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