Remove Biobanking Remove Genetic Disease Remove Genetics Remove Research
article thumbnail

Why early participant engagement is now a top priority in genetic disease research

pharmaphorum

In 2016, scientists behind a study called the Resilience Project analysed genetic data from 589,000+ people and found 13 adults who carried genetic variants that should have resulted in serious – even deadly – childhood disease, but who were apparently healthy. Why should research be any different? with their priorities.

article thumbnail

Why genomic healthcare data matters in the development of new therapies 

Drug Discovery World

One might argue that this all started getting exciting with the launch of the Human Genome Project, which the National Human Genome Research Institute consider to be one of the greatest scientific feats in history 1. With Revio, researchers will be able to access that same great chemistry, but at a much larger scale.” . The origins

Genome 98
article thumbnail

HFpEF vs. HFrEF: How To Improve Heart Failure Drug Development

XTalks

A 2015 study published in Nature Genetics found that the availability of human genetic data made investigational drugs twice as likely to pass pivotal trials and eventually be approved. Figure 1: The use of Mendelian randomization to validate genetic drug targets.