From diversity to delivery: The case of the indian genome variation initiative

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages S9-S14

  Hardy, Billie Jo ^a   Séguin, Béatrice ^a   Singer, Peter A ^a,b   Mukerji, Mitali ^c   Brahmachari, Samir K ^c   Daar, Abdallah S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MaRS Centre   (Canada)

^c CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AWARENESS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INDIA; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POLITICS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 52149106645     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2440     Document Type: Article

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