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RUCDR has also been designated as the Genetics Repository for the
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
and it maintains the cell line and DNA collection for the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Collaborative on
the Genetics of Alcoholism.
In addition, RUCDR maintains
Cell and DNA repositories for a number of private
organizations, including Cure Autism Now/Autism Genetic
Research Exchange (CAN/AGRE) and the Progeria Research
Foundation (PRF).
Our success is attributable to the hard work, dedication, and
professionalism of RUCDR scientific, administrative, and technical
staff. RUCDR personnel take great pride in providing the
scientific community with customized biomaterials, resources, and
genotypic and phenotypic data.
RUCDR has experienced over an eight-fold increase in sample
acquisition since its inception, in 1998, to 2004, and the
repository continues to grow. There has been a commensurate
increase in the number of DNA and cell line distributions to
researchers in a variety of fields. We serve over 300 project
sites around the world, a number that is steadily increasing.
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