Patient advocacy organizations and research investigators can now take advantage of a new integrated registry and repository resource to further advance rare disease research. Blood or tissue samples donated to the NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research can be linked to de‐identified clinical data in patient registries built by PatientCrossroads. The samples and corresponding clinical information are then made available to the international scientific community for use in basic research, gene discovery and the development of potential treatments.
read moreThe Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Collection, consisting of 139 cell lines, has been created by a researcher in the NIA Intramural Research Program, Dr. Minoru S.H. Ko, as part of a project to induce transcription factors and study their effects on core transcriptional regulatory networks.
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