Genedata and the Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Collaborate on Asthma Bronchia...( asthma bronchiale project focuses on i...)

Date:10/19/2009

">asthma bronchiale project focuses on investigating and understanding the effects of air pollution on gene expression and the individual genetic susceptibility to the effects of toxic air pollutants in selected children cohorts from various regions of the Czech Republic. The diagnosis of asthma bronchiale in children has increased from 10% in 2001 to 30% in 2007 in the Ostrava-Bartovice region. This alarming trend is now being investigated looking at dust particles containing carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (c-PAHs) as these particles are thought to contribute to the increase of asthma bronchitis. Inherited genetic factors are also being studied to provide further information to improve the mechanistic understanding of the causes of the disease.

"We are excited about the asthma bronchiale project and to contribute to uncovering the mechanism of action of the disease in children," noted Dr. Othmar Pfannes, CEO of Genedata. "This collaboration further demonstrates Genedata's commitment to biomarker research and providing statistical data analysis across multiple research groups and locations."

About The Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
The Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, is the leading institution in the Czech Republic for biomedical research, particularly in cell biology and pathology, neurobiology, neurophysiology, neuropathology, developmental toxicology and teratology, molecular epidemiology, molecular pharmacology, immunopharmacology, molecular embryology, stem cells and nervous tissue regeneration. The Institute is an internationally recognized center in these fields, and as such it was selected as an EU Center of Excell
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