UGA, gets contract to track pathogens
ATHENS — The University of Georgia is teaming up with the University of Pennsylvania to develop a more extensive database of various pathogens.
The hope is the database will make diagnosing and treating ill patients easier.
The project is being funded by a five-year, $14.6 million contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
UGA gets $4.4 million of the money.
The database was originally developed to track the genetics of the most severe form of human malaria and has been expanded to include 27 disease-causing organisms and their origins. Now, scientists hope to make it more complete to help prevent and treat outbreaks of different diseases.
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