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1. European Health Stocks Post Robust Rebound.

Author

Areddy, James T., Bai Lin, and Or, Amy

Subjects
*INVESTORS, *HEALTH care industry, *MEDICAL care, *STOCKS (Finance), *STOCK price indexes, *AIRLINE industry
Abstract

The article reports that European health-care stocks are on the rebound as of November 2007 after several months of losses, though some investors have called for a bottom for the beleaguered sector. It reports that the European Dow Jones Stoxx index rose 0.8 percent to 351.86. Stocks of airline companies, led by Air France-KLM, also climbed. An analysis of the problems faced by drug companies and performance of the FTSE and Nikkei Stocks is presented.

Published
2007

2. EU Imposes Tariffs on Imports of Steel Pipe From China.

Author

Miller, John W., Feng, Sue, and Bai Lin

Subjects
*TARIFF on steel pipe, *IMPORTS, *STEEL industry, *PROTECTIONISM, *LABOR costs
Abstract

The article reports on the approval of pre-emptive penalties on China's steel pipe imports by the European Union (EU) trade officials on July 28, 2009. Trade experts stressed the importance of the vote made by EU trade officials because they have accepted an argument from steel manufacturers about the need for tariffs in order to protect the industry from the impact of underpriced imports from China. Also noted are the factors that affected the steel industry in EU which includes high labor and environmental costs in Europe.

Published
2009

3. Mirror extreme BMI phenotypes associated with gene dosage at the chromosome 16p11.2 locus.

Author

Jacquemont S, Reymond A, Zufferey F, Harewood L, Walters RG, Kutalik Z, Martinet D, Shen Y, Valsesia A, Beckmann ND, Thorleifsson G, Belfiore M, Bouquillon S, Campion D, de Leeuw N, de Vries BB, Esko T, Fernandez BA, Fernández-Aranda F, Fernández-Real JM, Gratacòs M, Guilmatre A, Hoyer J, Jarvelin MR, Kooy RF, Kurg A, Le Caignec C, Männik K, Platt OS, Sanlaville D, Van Haelst MM, Villatoro Gomez S, Walha F, Wu BL, Yu Y, Aboura A, Addor MC, Alembik Y, Antonarakis SE, Arveiler B, Barth M, Bednarek N, Béna F, Bergmann S, Beri M, Bernardini L, Blaumeiser B, Bonneau D, Bottani A, Boute O, Brunner HG, Cailley D, Callier P, Chiesa J, Chrast J, Coin L, Coutton C, Cuisset JM, Cuvellier JC, David A, de Freminville B, Delobel B, Delrue MA, Demeer B, Descamps D, Didelot G, Dieterich K, Disciglio V, Doco-Fenzy M, Drunat S, Duban-Bedu B, Dubourg C, El-Sayed Moustafa JS, Elliott P, Faas BH, Faivre L, Faudet A, Fellmann F, Ferrarini A, Fisher R, Flori E, Forer L, Gaillard D, Gerard M, Gieger C, Gimelli S, Gimelli G, Grabe HJ, Guichet A, Guillin O, Hartikainen AL, Heron D, Hippolyte L, Holder M, Homuth G, Isidor B, Jaillard S, Jaros Z, Jiménez-Murcia S, Helas GJ, Jonveaux P, Kaksonen S, Keren B, Kloss-Brandstätter A, Knoers NV, Koolen DA, Kroisel PM, Kronenberg F, Labalme A, Landais E, Lapi E, Layet V, Legallic S, Leheup B, Leube B, Lewis S, Lucas J, MacDermot KD, Magnusson P, Marshall C, Mathieu-Dramard M, McCarthy MI, Meitinger T, Mencarelli MA, Merla G, Moerman A, Mooser V, Morice-Picard F, Mucciolo M, Nauck M, Ndiaye NC, Nordgren A, Pasquier L, Petit F, Pfundt R, Plessis G, Rajcan-Separovic E, Ramelli GP, Rauch A, Ravazzolo R, Reis A, Renieri A, Richart C, Ried JS, Rieubland C, Roberts W, Roetzer KM, Rooryck C, Rossi M, Saemundsen E, Satre V, Schurmann C, Sigurdsson E, Stavropoulos DJ, Stefansson H, Tengström C, Thorsteinsdóttir U, Tinahones FJ, Touraine R, Vallée L, van Binsbergen E, Van der Aa N, Vincent-Delorme C, Visvikis-Siest S, Vollenweider P, Völzke H, Vulto-van Silfhout AT, Waeber G, Wallgren-Pettersson C, Witwicki RM, Zwolinksi S, Andrieux J, Estivill X, Gusella JF, Gustafsson O, Metspalu A, Scherer SW, Stefansson K, Blakemore AI, Beckmann JS, and Froguel P

Subjects
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aging, Body Height genetics, Case-Control Studies, Child, Child, Preschool, Cohort Studies, Comparative Genomic Hybridization, Developmental Disabilities genetics, Energy Metabolism genetics, Europe, Female, Gene Duplication genetics, Gene Expression Profiling, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study, Head anatomy & histology, Heterozygote, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Mental Disorders genetics, Middle Aged, Mutation genetics, North America, RNA, Messenger analysis, RNA, Messenger genetics, Sequence Deletion genetics, Transcription, Genetic, Young Adult, Body Mass Index, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16 genetics, Gene Dosage genetics, Obesity genetics, Phenotype, Thinness genetics
Abstract

Both obesity and being underweight have been associated with increased mortality. Underweight, defined as a body mass index (BMI) ≤ 18.5 kg per m(2) in adults and ≤ -2 standard deviations from the mean in children, is the main sign of a series of heterogeneous clinical conditions including failure to thrive, feeding and eating disorder and/or anorexia nervosa. In contrast to obesity, few genetic variants underlying these clinical conditions have been reported. We previously showed that hemizygosity of a ∼600-kilobase (kb) region on the short arm of chromosome 16 causes a highly penetrant form of obesity that is often associated with hyperphagia and intellectual disabilities. Here we show that the corresponding reciprocal duplication is associated with being underweight. We identified 138 duplication carriers (including 132 novel cases and 108 unrelated carriers) from individuals clinically referred for developmental or intellectual disabilities (DD/ID) or psychiatric disorders, or recruited from population-based cohorts. These carriers show significantly reduced postnatal weight and BMI. Half of the boys younger than five years are underweight with a probable diagnosis of failure to thrive, whereas adult duplication carriers have an 8.3-fold increased risk of being clinically underweight. We observe a trend towards increased severity in males, as well as a depletion of male carriers among non-medically ascertained cases. These features are associated with an unusually high frequency of selective and restrictive eating behaviours and a significant reduction in head circumference. Each of the observed phenotypes is the converse of one reported in carriers of deletions at this locus. The phenotypes correlate with changes in transcript levels for genes mapping within the duplication but not in flanking regions. The reciprocal impact of these 16p11.2 copy-number variants indicates that severe obesity and being underweight could have mirror aetiologies, possibly through contrasting effects on energy balance.

Published
2011
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