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WELCOME
to the
IRANIAN
HUMAN MUTATION DATABASE!
About 20 years
have elapsed since the first single base pair substitution
underlying an inherited disease in humans was characterized at
the DNA level. Disease-associated gene lesions are currently
collected and publicized by the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD)
in Cardiff, locus-specific mutation databases, and to some
extent also by the Genome Database (GDB) and Online Mendelian
Inheritance in Man (OMIM) as comprehensive and up-to-date
resources for information about genetic disorders and
mutations causing them.
Nowadays most
countries (Japan, Sweden, Germany, England, Australia, ...) are
trying to establish their research results in independent
databases.
Starting Iranian
Human Mutation Gene Bank (IHMGB) was an important
progress regarding presentation of the latest findings in
Iranian genetic disease
field in an international level and has had a
great impact on the mutual exchange of views with the centers
outside of the country.
Establishment of
The Iranian Human Mutation Database is the next step toward
completion of the Iranian Human Mutation Gene Bank.
This database
makes the information about the latest genetic researches in
Iran available for the scientists inside or outside of the
country in addition to available samples in DNA bank.
Iran is
one of the few middle east countries that has developed such
databases and due to considerable richness of genetic pool,
International service and ease of access to the Bank samples
for research-scientific goals, Iran has become propounded more
than before.
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