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Research: Medical Genome Project launched in Sevilla, Andalusian capital city of Spain
Submitted by Bunty Parshuram; posted on Monday, September 28, 2009
The autonomous state of Andalusia last week announced its own medical genome project, which is not just sequencing for the sake of obtaining a sequence but with a clear medical objective. The goal is to search for a pattern of mutations responsible for rare diseases that have an incidence rate of about 1 in 2,000.
This is a 3-year project, starting from 2010. The first year will involve sequencing complete genomes of healthy control individuals and creating a model of a "healthy genome," without any rare disease mutations. This model will then be tested and perfected with an extensive resource of 11,000 genomes with rare diseases. The goal is to search for mutations at a rapid rate. Currently, it takes about 4-5 years of work.
The goal will be made possible by rapid and economical next-generation sequencing (NGS) from Roche 454 instruments and extensive bioinformatics. This is an incredible opportunity for Andalusia and Spain to show that the elusive goal and promise of personalized medicine, by all sequencing projects, is finally coming closer, after all these years.
FOR MORE INFORMATION (in Spanish):
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/andalucia/equipo/andaluz/identificara/genes/enfermedades/raras/elpepuespand/20090925elpand_2/Tes
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