Canada and Quebec invest in Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G) and CARTaGENE
«The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry, and Mr. Raymond Bachand, Quebec Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export, and Minister of Tourism, along with Dr. Martin Godbout, President and CEO of Genome Canada, Mr. Paul L’Archevêque, President and CEO of Génome Québec, and Mr. Luc Vinet, Rector of the Université de Montréal, today announced $34.5 million in funding for the International Consortium known as the Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G), which includes the Quebec-based CARTaGENE project. Counting all the contributions from international partners, the total budget of the initiative could reach $64.5 million.»
«CARTaGENE will help researchers understand the genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors involved in common diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. This increased understanding of the determinants of health and disease will, in the long term, translate into improved disease prevention, diagnostics and treatment, and contribute to a better allocation of health care resources.
It will contribute to the international harmonization of research tools and methods and governance approaches for population genomics studies. This will help to increase the statistical power and reliability of all population genomics studies, and to translate the studies into health benefits faster.»
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By JOSHUAI hope all African leaders can follow this good step. This will assist research work in the area of medicine, agriculture and environment just to mention a few.
Hopefully, Cartagene will
By stevenmansourHopefully, Cartagene will include the public in its research findings and announcements. Governance approaches to population genomics studies can quickly become a dangerous weapon if they are kept proprietary.
Also, while it's nice to see something like this in Quebec, I hope it doesn't become another of those really cutting-edge scientific and policy breakthroughs that benefit only a small proportion of the world's population.
Other than that, localized genetic databases seem a logical step in pushing health services to the next level.
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