Project Aim(s): To understand the genetic basis of ALS and to ultimately find a cure for this devastating, fatal neuromuscular disease, Project MinE aims to analyse the DNA of at least 15,000 ALS patients and 7,500 control subjects. The resulting 22,500 DNA profiles will be compared.
Disease area
Motor Neurone Disease
Field of research
Basic/Discovery Research
Principal Investigator/ Researcher Names
Prof. Orla Hardiman
Prof. Jan Veldink (Netherlands)
Prof. Leonard van den Berg (Netherlands)
Institution
Trinity College Dublin (For Project MinE Ireland)
Funding body
(i) Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
(ii) The Trinity Foundation
Project MinE is also, in general, a crowd-funding initiative.
Grant Awarded (€)
1,045,962 (Raised by Project MinE Ireland).
Start date
Project completed
No
Are you looking to Recruit Research Participants?
Yes
Additional Comments
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