The National Eye Institute (NEI) Announces the Availability of Age-Related Eye Diseases Study (AREDS) Genetic Data Sets

Notice Number: NOT-EY-07-003

Key Dates
Release Date: May 31, 2007

Issued by
National Eye Institute (NEI), (http://www.nei.nih.gov)

Description

The National Eye Institute (NEI) has made available Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) Project datasets (genotype-phenotype datasets and pre-computed analyses) through the open-access section of dbGaP, which was developed and is operated by the National Library of Medicine’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Now NEI announces the release of individual-level genotype, phenotype, and environmental data from for research purposes to qualified investigators through the controlled-access section of dbGaP on June 6, 2007.

Researchers may request access to the individual-level data from AREDS Project through the dbGaP data access request system. More information about the data access request process is available in NOT-LM-07-001(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-LM-07-001.html).

Inquiries

For information regarding this notice, please contact:

Hemin R. Chin, Ph.D.
Director, Ocular Genetics and Center Core Grant Programs
Division of Extramural Research
National Eye Institute
Suite 1300, 5635 Fishers Lane
Bethesda, MD 20892-9300
301-451-2020
hemin@nei.nih.gov