Establishing the UK DNA Bank for motor neuron disease (MND)

In 2003 the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association, together with The Wellcome Trust, funded the creation of a national DNA Bank specific for MND. It was anticipated that the DNA Bank would constitute an important resource to researchers worldwide and significantly increase activity in MND genetic...

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Published inBMC genetics Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 84
Main Authors Smith, Lucy, Cupid, B C, Dickie, B G M, Al-Chalabi, A, Morrison, K E, Shaw, C E, Shaw, P J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BioMed Central Ltd 14.07.2015
BioMed Central
Subjects
Analysis
Biobanks
Biological Specimen Banks - standards
Collaboration
Correspondence
DNA
Families & family life
Gene banks
Genetic testing
Hospitals
Humans
Medical prognosis
Motor Neuron Disease - genetics
Motor neurone disease
Neurons
Pathogenesis
Patients
Quality Control
Specimen Handling
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
United Kingdom > UK
Northern Ireland
Wales
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Summary:In 2003 the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association, together with The Wellcome Trust, funded the creation of a national DNA Bank specific for MND. It was anticipated that the DNA Bank would constitute an important resource to researchers worldwide and significantly increase activity in MND genetic research. The DNA Bank houses over 3000 high quality DNA samples, all of which were donated by people living with MND, family members and non-related controls, accompanied by clinical phenotype data about the patients. Today the primary focus of the UK MND DNA Bank still remains to identify causative and disease modifying factors for this devastating disease.
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ISSN:1471-2156
1471-2156
DOI:10.1186/s12863-015-0236-6