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Article: DECODE GETS $24M TO STUDY GENETICS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.(DeCode Genetics Inc.'s contract with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
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- BIOWORLD Today
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- October 12, 2004
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Byline: Karen Pihl-Carey, Staff Writer
Working to better understand infectious diseases, the University of New Mexico is joining with DeCode Genetics Inc. and the National Center for Genome Resources in a five- year research agreement.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded the $23.9 million contract to Reykjavik, Iceland- based DeCode, which will apply its population approach to its work with UNM scientists.
"The monies will go toward a multidisciplinary approach to identifying the human genes that relate to susceptibility and resistance to infectious diseases," said Rick Lyons, of the UNM Health Sciences ...