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Omega 3 Fatty Acids Appear To Impact AMD Progression
Omega-3 fatty acids found in fatty fish such as tuna and salmon may protect against progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but the benefits appear to depend on the stage of disease and whether certain supplements are taken, report researchers at the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research (LNVR), Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University.
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National Public Health Organizations Brief Capitol Hill On H1N1
The recent H1N1 flu outbreak served as a genuine test of our national public health system"s ability to respond to an emerging public health threat and experts are cautioning that a more severe outbreak could occur in the fall of 2009. Leaders from some of the nation"s foremost public health and medical associations will conduct a briefing for staff members from House and Senate offices on Thursday, May 21, 2009. Speakers will focus on the status of the current public health workforce and efforts needed to sustain workforce capacity to respond to emerging infectious diseases.
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$3.3 Million Awarded To University Of Liverpool, UK, For Genomics Hub

The University of Liverpool has been awarded ÷£2.2 million to establish a high-throughput genomic analysis hub for the North of England. The funding - comprising ÷£2 million from the Medical Research Council (MRC) and ÷£200,000 from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) - is part of a ÷£7 million initiative by the MRC to boost the UK research community"s access to cutting-edge equipment for DNA sequencing with the establishment of high-throughput hubs in Scotland, the North of England and the East of England. The three hubs will receive funding for high-throughput sequencing machines which will be made available to all academics in the UK. Led by the University of Liverpool, the North of England hub will consolidate the expertise of four partner universities - Manchester, Sheffield, Lancaster and Liverpool - to accelerate the study of genetics in the UK and meet the challenges of research in tumour sequencing, genetic susceptibility and personalised medicine. It will be supported by the Clatterbridge Cancer Research Trust. The University already hosts the Advanced Genomics Facility which is a leading facility for pathogen sequencing, with client researchers from major companies and research institutions in the US, Germany, Sweden and Ireland. The hub will expand the capacity of this facility to make expertise and technology widely available to researchers and clinicians throughout the North of England. Professor Neil Hall, from the School of Biological Sciences and Principal Investigator of the North of England Hub, said: "There is a pressing need to understand the basis of genetic variation and to use it to define the most appropriate treatment for each patient with a particular condition. This "personalised medicine" will require establishing the DNA sequence of particular genes in those patients. Such research will benefit greatly from the new hub in the North of England by allowing much more productive sequencing technologies to be made available across the research community." John Jeans, MRC Chief Operating Officer, said: "This investment is key to retaining and enhancing the UK"s competitiveness. It makes plain the MRC"s commitment to supporting high quality basic research and exemplifies the responsiveness of MRC strategic investment to the needs of the research community." "Inviting regional applications has generated innovative partnerships between academic institutions, as well as engagement with industry, the NHS and Regional Genetics Services. This initiative will engender innovative ways of working and enable new and exciting discoveries. We hope the hubs will allow scientists to ask increasingly precise questions about diseases, and gather answers that were undreamt of only a decade ago." Kate Spark University of Liverpool


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