$461,000,000 for genetic diagnostics

Half a billion dollars have been allocated for the development of genomic medicine in the USACopper news

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the launch of a program for the widespread introduction of genetic diagnostics into clinical practice, writes Nature News (Funds dedicated to personalized genetics). The cost of the program, designed for four years, is almost half a billion dollars.

According to Eric Green, director of the National Research Institute of the Human Genome (NHGRI) in the NIH structure, the new initiative extends a large-scale genome sequencing program that is a priority for the Research Institute for applied medical purposes in order to "start working at the forefront of genomics, which will open the era of genomic medicine."

Over the past 10 years, Green stressed, the cost of DNA sequencing has decreased by about 500 thousand times, so it is already quite realistic to use it in the clinic.

The amount allocated for the program – $461 million – will go to three major genome research centers: the Broad Institute in Massachusetts, the Genome Institute at the University of Washington in Missouri and the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor Medical College in Texas. It is planned to allocate $86 million in the first year, followed by an annual increase in subsidies.

These funds will be used in two main areas: the identification of the genetic substrate of the main diseases and the development of a scheme for the use of genomic research in clinical practice.

In addition, about $20 million over four years will be spent on developing software for analyzing sequencing results. This software will be used in other scientific institutions to work with the "raw" data obtained in the three flagship centers.

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