Genetics and Fetal Antecedents of Disease Susceptibility
Provides a research agenda to ensure that new technologies are used to understand the biological, environmental and other factors contributing to disease susceptibility.
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Contents - The NICHD Mission
- The Strategic Planning Process
- Introduction
- Overall Goals and Objectives
- Scope of the Plan
- Scientific Context and Opportunities
- Genetic Diversity and Complex Diseases
- Genomics, Development and Disease
- Growth Factors and Development
- Genetics of Arteriosclerosis and Unexplored Areas of Genetic Disease
- Genetic/Fetal Antecedents of Type 1 Diabetes
- Pharmacogenomics, Development and Therapeutics
- Contribution of Model Systems to Birth Defects Research in a Postgenomic World
- Research Priorities
- Infrastructure Priorities
- Train Scientists
- Build Centers of Excellence
- Facilitate and Build Interdisciplinary Collaborations To Address Complex Diseases
- Build an Infrastruture That Helps Individual Scientists
- Provide Databases and Biological Resources to Test Hypotheses
- Priority Methodology and Policy Issues
- Microarrays
- Application of Model System Information to Human Disease
- Database/Bioinformatics Issues
- Research Policy Issues
- Creation of a Study Section To Review High-Risk Projects
- Appendix - Roster of Advisors
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