Environmental Medicine Genome Bank (EMGB): Current Composition
Abstract
The USARIEM Environmental Medicine Genome Bank (EMGB) project is an ongoing effort to identify and characterize genes relevant to environmental injuries and illnesses and to human physical performance. To accomplish this, the EMGB banks DNA samples from human volunteers who have participated in USARIEM environmental and human performance studies and maintains a registry of phenotypic information. Because of the ethnically diverse and geographically dispersed backgrounds of the donors, the EMGB can be used to identify polymorphisms in genes that are potentially of interest to environmental medicine and to obtain an estimate of the frequency of these polymorphisms in young, healthy U.S. adults. Additionally, this resource also serves as a valuable source of control material for genetic studies of human diseases, such as asthma. The project is performed as part of a cooperative research and development agreement (CRDA) with the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. This report provides updated information about the samples currently stored in the EMOB. It is intended as a reference document for researchers who wish to make use of this resource, and fulfills the annual reporting requirement of CRDA number DAMD 17-00-0017.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA380180
Entities
People
- Craig M. Lilly
- Karen C. Angel
- Larry A. Sonna
- Linqian Zhao
- Michael Cullivan
Organizations
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine