NIH's Genetic Association Information Network Receives Funds from Pfizer and Affymetrix

Filed in archive Corporate and Industrial News , Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics by ruth on February 10, 2006

Genetics and Public Health in the 21st Century: Using Genetic Information to Improve Health and Prevent Disease

With President Bush cutting down federal budget for medical research, NIH is lucky to receive infusion of funds from private firms.

Pfizer Inc. and Affymetrix Inc. are giving more than $20 million dollars to NIH to fund a project called the Genetic Association Information Network. The project aims to study the human genome map and identify tiny differences -- known as SNPs, or single-nucleotide polymorphisms -- that are determine actual disease risks.

Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, is donating $5 million to help start that project, plus $15 million in laboratory studies to do that analysis for five common Diseases. Biotechnology company Affymetrix Inc., a leading maker of gene-analysis equipment, is donating the resources for similar DNA analysis for two additional diseases.

Full story from CNN.

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