GRANTEE
Agenome, LLC
COUNTRY
India
MISSION PILLAR
Health, Science, and Technology (Research, Education, and Awareness)
PROJECT TITLE
Cancer risk in Smoking Subjects Assessed by Next Generation Sequencing
Project Summary
Assess cancer risk in smoking subjects by NGS profiling of circulating free DNA and RNA. Create a genome database of nonsmoking populations to identify new genes that predispose individuals to cancer.
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Expected Outcomes / Outputs
The endpoints of the research proposal are to develop a metric associated with cancer risk in smokers, and to demonstrate potential reversibility upon quitting
Actual / Current Outputs
Deliverable will be available at the end of grant. Work in progress. Pre-prints journal article on bioRXIP https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.05.124891v1
Approval
Feb 19
Project End Date
May 21
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