Gene regulatory Sequence Variation Effects on automimmune diseases and platelet traits

Study code
CBR128

Lead researcher
Professor John Todd

Study type
Participant re-contact

Institution or company
University of Cambridge

Researcher type
Academic

Speciality area
Diabetes

Recruitment Site
Cambridge

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find the genes that cause insulin-dependent (also called type 1) diabetes to enable us to identify individuals at risk of developing the disease and to understand its basic causes. Ultimately we hope this will lead to preventive treatment in these at risk individuals and may also inform research relating to other autoimmune diseases.

Participation: For this study we recruited 136 participants from the Cambridge BioResource to give a 100ml blood sample. 

Organisation: This study is organised by Professor John Todd at the Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory.