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February 09, 2006
Two NIH Initiatives Launch Intensive Efforts to Determine Genetic and Environmental Roots of Common Diseases
NIH Press Release: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2006/nhgri-08.htm
"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the creation of two new, closely related initiatives to speed up research on the causes of common diseases such as asthma, arthritis and Alzheimer’s disease.
One initiative boosts funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a multi-institute effort to identify the genetic and environmental underpinnings of common illnesses. The other initiative launches a public-private partnership between NIH, the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) and major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, especially Pfizer Global Research & Development of New London, Conn.; and Affymetrix Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., to accelerate genome association studies to find the genetic roots of widespread sicknesses. The genetic analysis component of the two initiatives is highly complementary."
For more information, see the press release link above, or:
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health: Genetic Association Information Network Launched: Novel Public-Private Partnership Created to Unravel the Genetics Of Common Disease Through Whole Genome Association Studies: http://www.fnih.org/GAIN/gain_press_release.shtml
Posted by pfa at February 9, 2006 04:28 PM