Genetics and women's health issues--the commitment of EMS to women scientists and gender-associated disease topics.

摘要: This manuscript presents an overview of a symposium held at the 2009 annual meeting Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS) in St. Louis, MO. The was sponsored by Women (WEMS) special interest group, and it covered current molecular genetics technologies their impact on diagnosis treatment diseases that primarily or differentially affect women. Four speakers presented groundbreaking new information from such areas as cancer genetics, gene-environment interactions, epigenetics, DNA repair, epidemiology. Although primary focus symposium, other health issues obesity cardiovascular disease were addressed. rapid evolution genomic discussed this should provide tools to explore some critical questions raised research projects described article. demonstrates EMS provides forum for presentation, discussion, extension data generated investigators featured article researchers engaged study mechanisms interactions women's health. Environ. Mol. Mutagen., 2010. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.