NHLBI awards $11 million for molecular roadmap to chronic lung d...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Tue, 10/06/2009 - 22:00

(National Jewish Medical and Research Center) Researchers at five medical centers have been awarded an $11 million grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to delve deeply into the biology of two fatal lung diseases for which there are few therapeutic options.

The Lung Genomics Research Consortium will use advanced genetic and molecular tools to characterize and better understand chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary fibrosis, then share its discoveries with researchers in a Web-accessible data warehouse.

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