Thursday, February 09, 2006
NIH seeking private funds for genetics research
Project hopes to uncover what makes some people vulnerable to disease
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It's amazing how ignorant they are to environmental factors. Sure Asian people are more lactose intolerant making them "more susceptible" to related issues, but why fixate on "genetics" when we could just eliminate the environmental issue: "dairy" -especially; "pasteurized" dairy! Isn't there any money in that? -madthumbs
Government scientists are launching a major project to uncover elusive genetic variations that make people vulnerable to some of the most common diseases, and then determine what in the environment — pollution, behavior, diet — pushes those people into full-blown illness.-Full Article
The surprise: The National Institutes of Health is trying to raise $60 million from drug companies to help do the work, saying an industry-government partnership is crucial to speed research.
First to donate is the world’s largest drug maker, Pfizer Inc., followed by a leading producer of gene-detection equipment, Affymetrix Inc.
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It's amazing how ignorant they are to environmental factors. Sure Asian people are more lactose intolerant making them "more susceptible" to related issues, but why fixate on "genetics" when we could just eliminate the environmental issue: "dairy" -especially; "pasteurized" dairy! Isn't there any money in that? -madthumbs
