Cystic Fibrosis: a model disease to set up procedures for cost effective genetic testing and counselling in the EU

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: BMH4960462

Project closed

Start date 1 May 1996

End date 31 January 2000

Funded under

• Specific research, technological development and demonstration programme in the field of biomedicine and health, 1994-1998

Total cost

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EU contribution

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Coordinated by

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Belgium

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Cystic fibrosis as a model disease to set up procedures for cost-effective genetic testing and counselling in Europe

Using the genetic disease cystic fibrosis (CF) as a model, this project aimed to pursue a high quality of technical results and information concerning these results in the European laboratories involved. Further quality control trials of the laboratory tests and a permanent education of the persons performing these tests are essential to reach these goals. In addition, international criteria will be formulated for the evaluation of testing laboratories. This will ultimately lead to the formulation of the first European directives for the accreditation of laboratories involved in genetic diagnosis services for CF.