NIH Common Fund Foward Focus Meeting NIH Common Fund Forward Focus Meeting: Strategic Planning for the NIH Common Fund

Idea Details



Name of Submitter:

John Reed

Title of proposed idea:

1. Comprehensively de-orphanizing highly druggable Classes of targets, 2. Chemical modulators of the metabolome, 3. Technologies for rendering iPS cell-based models ("disease in dish") amenable to high throughput biology, 4. -generation "connectivity maps" -- multidimensional annotation of medicines

What is the major obstacle/challenge in the biomedical research field? What is needed to overcome this obstacle/challenge?

What emerging scientific opportunity is ripe for investment by the Common Fund?

What are the potential Common Fund investments that could accelerate scientific progress in this field?

If a Common Fund program on this topic achieved its objectives, what would be the impact?






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