DNAPrint and Bioserve – 600,000 Genetic Genealogy Tests
Genome Technology Online mentioned the new partnership between DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. and BioServe, a company that offers “the Global Repository®, a growing library of over 600,000 human DNA, tissue and serum samples linked to detailed clinical and demographic data from 140,000 consented and anonymized patients from four continents.â€
As part of the partnership, DNAPrint will analyze the 600,000 human samples in the Global Repository using the ANCESTRYbyDNA test. According to Richard Gabriel, the CEO and President of DNAPrint Genomics:
“By removing the question of ancestry from a clinical sample researchers can more readily evaluate which medicines will produce side effects within certain ethnic groups, and which medicines will work for the widest spectrum of a population.”
The CEO of BioServe, Dr. Kevin Krenitsky, stated in the press release that “now that we are able to add the genetic ancestry component to our samples, a new layer of sample data quality and analysis can be provided that was not previously available to researchers.”
An order of 600,000 ANCESTRYbyDNA tests will be quite a boon for DNAPrint Genomics, which has been actively seeking markets other than traditional genetic genealogy consumers. And it is possible that this initiative will create a demand for this type of data in many more studies of biological samples.
October 19th, 2007 at 1:08 am
Genetic genealogy hits the big time. DNAPrint, the maker of ancestry DNA test AncestrybyDNA, has formed a partnership with BioServe to perform ancestry analyses on nearly 600,000 human biological samples. (viaThe Genetic Genealogist) Richard Gabriel, CEO and President of DNAPrint® Genomics: By removing the question of ancestry from a clinical sample researchers can more readily evaluate which medicines will produce side effects within certain ethnic groups, and which medicines
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