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Research Legacy For Olympic Drug-Testing Lab
David Cameron has announced that a £10m science research centre will be set-up on the site of the Olympic drug-testing laboratories.
The facility in Essex aims to lead research on physical characteristics and diseases including dementia and diabetes.
Mr Cameron said: "When the Games close, all this incredible equipment and expertise will be used to establish a new phenome centre for research into biological markers of health and disease.
"This will take advantage of the extraordinary opportunities that lie in combining genetic data with the results of medical tests on tissues and blood.
"It will allow us to understand the characteristics of disease and how these link into genes and our environment."
He added: "It's an impressive example of collaboration between top-class research, the NHS and industry. It will produce new forms of drugs and it will lead the world in the development of precision medicine."
(GK)
The facility in Essex aims to lead research on physical characteristics and diseases including dementia and diabetes.
Mr Cameron said: "When the Games close, all this incredible equipment and expertise will be used to establish a new phenome centre for research into biological markers of health and disease.
"This will take advantage of the extraordinary opportunities that lie in combining genetic data with the results of medical tests on tissues and blood.
"It will allow us to understand the characteristics of disease and how these link into genes and our environment."
He added: "It's an impressive example of collaboration between top-class research, the NHS and industry. It will produce new forms of drugs and it will lead the world in the development of precision medicine."
(GK)
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