GDPbio: Genome based prediction of Diseases and Personal medicines using Bioinformatics

The personal genome sequencing projects lie at the center of all these resources. They are like the fuel for these disease prediction, biomarkers and personalized medicines development related tools. All the processing will be done on these personalized genomes or person specific genome. Some personal genome sequencing projects are:

1. Personal Genome Project: The Personal Genome Project (PGP) aims to publish the complete genomes and medical records of several volunteers, in order to enable research into personalized medicine. It was initiated by Harvard University's George Church and announced in January 2006. The project will publish the genotype (the full DNA sequence of all 46 chromosomes) of the volunteers, along with extensive information about their phenotype: medical records, various measurements, MRI images, etc. All data will be freely available over the Internet, so that researchers can test various hypotheses about the relationships among genotype, environment and phenotype.
   
   Objectives of Personal Genome Project are development of personal genomics technology and practices that:
   * are effective, informative, and responsible
   * yield identifiable and improvable benefits at manageable levels of risk
   * are broadly available for the good of the general public