O******e
发帖数: 4845 | 1 有钱啊有钱！
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110125/full/469455a.html
The Human Variome Project (HVP), an ambitious initiative to uncover all
of the genetic variations that cause human disease, received a massive b
oost last week when China announced that it would commit US$300 million
to the effort. The investment, to be paid out over ten years, puts the p
roject on a firm footing for the first time since its launch in 2006, an
d signals China's intention to take on a bigger role in the medical-gene
tics field.
The sum is meant to cover roughly 25% of the cost of the HVP, a proporti
on matching China's share of the world's population and in keeping with
its growing economic influence, says Ming Qi, director of the Zhejiang U
niversity Center for Genetic and Genomic Medicine, who has led the Chine
se initiative. "With the state of our economic development, I felt we
could do more," adds Qi.
As part of the agreement, announced on 21 January at the project's headq
uarters in Melbourne, Australia, China will set up a genetics institute
in Beijing to coordinate activities across the country and to give train
ing in genetic counselling and testing. "The research will be very close
to the clinic," says Qi. "It will be a fundamental change for China."
The HVP's goal is to establish "the standards, systems and infrastructur
e" that will allow sharing of disease-related genetic data between docto
rs and scientists throughout the world for use in diagnosis and research
. Each participating country will have a network, or 'node', that
collects information from diagnostic testing laboratories and hospitals.
Institutions that have signed up to help develop China's node include Pe
king Union Medical College Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Cancer I
nstitute and Hospital and hospitals affiliated with Zhejiang University
School of Medicine and Peking University. Qi envisages the funding
bringing many more on board.
China's move offers not only financial resources but also greater access
to a vast swathe of human genetic data from a part of the world
previously under-represented in genetic studies. Five other nations are also
developing nodes for the project Australia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Egypt and
Belgium. "We hope the commitment from the Chinese government will also h
ighlight the need for this work to other countries and their funding bod
ies," says Richard Cotton, a geneticist at the University of Melbourne and
head of the project's coordinating office.
Although other projects, such as the International HapMap Project, have
assembled data on single nucleotide polymorphisms common genetic varia
tions across populations the HVP is collecting information on all gene
tic variations related to human disease, including new and rare mutation
s, large-scale deletions and copy number variations. "We're casting our
net wider," says Cotton. "We want to collect every case of each disease.
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发帖数: 663 | | g*********d
发帖数: 233 | | b****r
发帖数: 17995 | 4 这个祁明可真是选对时机了啊
其实在美国估计是没恬妞上，98年他就在做AP了现在还是AP，然后NIH的grant一个没拿
到，只有3个co-IP
这一把回去，就是3亿美元的director了
其实我老06年也在尝试和国内搞这类project，只可惜我能找上那几个人太土了，意识
不到这是将来必然的方向
我恨啊…… | S*****P
发帖数: 323 | 5 现在回去也不晚，是真金定会发光的
【在 b****r 的大作中提到】
: 这个祁明可真是选对时机了啊
: 其实在美国估计是没恬妞上，98年他就在做AP了现在还是AP，然后NIH的grant一个没拿
: 到，只有3个co-IP
: 这一把回去，就是3亿美元的director了
: 其实我老06年也在尝试和国内搞这类project，只可惜我能找上那几个人太土了，意识
: 不到这是将来必然的方向
: 我恨啊……
| w******y
发帖数: 8040 | 6 天朝这项巨额科研投资看起来还不错
就是不知道实施起来能不能有实力做出一批有用的好数据了
【在 O******e 的大作中提到】
: 有钱啊有钱！
: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110125/full/469455a.html
: The Human Variome Project (HVP), an ambitious initiative to uncover all
: of the genetic variations that cause human disease, received a massive b
: oost last week when China announced that it would commit US$300 million
: to the effort. The investment, to be paid out over ten years, puts the p
: roject on a firm footing for the first time since its launch in 2006, an
: d signals China's intention to take on a bigger role in the medical-gene
: tics field.
: The sum is meant to cover roughly 25% of the cost of the HVP, a proporti
| b****r
发帖数: 17995 | 7 金子一埋几亿年也没事啊
【在 S*****P 的大作中提到】
: 现在回去也不晚，是真金定会发光的
| M*****n
发帖数: 16729 | 8 说明在中国还是民工吃香。
这种data攒在那里，啥时候有用很难说。
如果公开的话，得益的是美国和其他国家的科研。 | m*p
发帖数: 226 | 9 I am wondering the sample size, and what criteria will be to choose the
samples. Lets discuss that, if interested in. |
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