A functional assay to classify genetic variants in Lynch syndrome

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1108179

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

At least one person in every 1000 is affected by Lynch syndrome, in which faulty DNA repair machinery causes high rates of cancer. People with Lynch syndrome can have their risk of cancer cut substantially with regular screening. However, we often struggle to understand whether people with 'non-standard' DNA sequences in particular genes actually have Lynch syndrome. This project develops a simple test that will tell clinicians whether a given sequence change relates to Lynch syndrome or not.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $368,195.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cancer Diagnosis

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cancer epidemiology | cancer genetics | clinical diagnosis | mutation screening | sequencing

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