Human disease - a genomic perspective
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Electric Genetics (Pty) Ltd |
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Proposal number: |
32146 |
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Focal area: |
Value-adding |
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Project duration: |
3 years |
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Total funding: |
R 4,740,000 |
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Funding year 1: |
R 1,575,000 |
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Funding year 2: |
R 2,165,000 |
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Funding year 3: |
R 1,000,000 |
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Knowledge about genetic disease
and genes that are targets for disease has been recognized as the
most effective way to focus discovery for both medical researchers
and biopharmaceutical companies, making the computerized analysis
of biological information an attractive investment opportunity.
The primary objective of the project is to devise an innovative
information system that dramatically improves the user’s
understanding of the relationship between genes and human disease.
The project seeks to achieve
this by facilitating integration, access, analysis and
visualization of multiple data sources and by providing each user
with their own unique perspective on the full range of available
information. By understanding the underlying mechanism of disease,
researchers pave the way for more effective diagnostics and highly
targeted pharmaceuticals, not just for inheritable diseases, but
for communicable ailments as well, that attack the disease at its
molecular foundation. |
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Project Coordinator |
Dr Win Hide, Ms Tania Broveak
Phone: +27 (0)21 448 8447
email: winhide@sanbi.ac.za;
taniab@egenetics.com, broveakt@bremner.uct.ac.za
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