The protist Giardia has long been considered strictly asexual. Now genes specific for meiotic recombination have been found in the Giardia genome, but their consequences for genetics, epidemiology and evolution remain unknown.

The genetics of cerebrovascular disease is an area of increasing interest and advances. During the past year there have been a number of significant discoveries in the area that have increased our knowledge and understanding of the importance of genetics factors in the epidemiology of, etiology of, pathophysiology of, and recovery from cerebrovascular disease. This review will highlight some of...

Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Dermatology, Maurizio Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy; Department of Dermatology, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy; Department of Oncology and Surgical Science, University of Padoa and Molecular Immunology and Diagnostic Oncology, Istit...

Michael D. Green, B.S., J.D., is Bess & Walter Williams Chair in Law, Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. D. Michal Freedman, J.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., is Epidemiologist, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. Leon Gordis, M.D., Dr.P.H., is Professor of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and Prof...

National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa, Italy; Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Municipal Institute of Medical Research, and CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública, Barcelona, Spain; Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece; Institute of ...

1 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. 2 Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN. 3 Department of Preventative Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. 4 Program in Epidemiology, Fre...

Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7362 [A. V. B., M. S. L., P. D. I.]; Division of Neurosurgery, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [R. G. S.]; Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona [W. R. S.]; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Bosto...

The definition of the CDC for molecular epidemiology is: “the various techniques derived from immunology, biochemistry, and genetics for typing or subtyping pathogens”. This definition is technology-based and does not make any reference to evolutionary genetic concepts. Do you think that this approach is misleading for medical and epidemiological applications, or do you think that molecular epi...

1Thomas Jefferson University, Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, and the Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA; 2Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; 3Department of Statistics, Rice University, Houston, TX; 4Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, WA; 5Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle...

Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, Department of Medical Genetics and Department of Neuroradiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, 4 Institute of Human Genetics, GSF National Research Institute, Neuherberg, Institute of Epidemiology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, Department of Neu...