A PROJECT to analyse the genotypes of thousands of people whose families
are afflicted by inherited diseases is expected to go ahead in the autumn. The
National Institutes of ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore will
create the Center for Inherited Disease Research, with the NIH funding it to the
tune of $5 million to $10 million a year for the next five
years
The centre will obtain about 5000 DNA samples a year, analyse them and store
the data. Researchers will be able to use the database to study the genetic
components of diseases such as alcoholism, autism, breast cancer and
schizophrenia.
