DNA BANKING FOR GENETIC ANALYSIS

The Third National Health and Nutrition ExaminationSurvey(NHANES Ⅲ)provides a unique means of samplinghuman DNA from a representative U.S.population targetedfor health examination.The proqrdm intvolves gatheringeach participant's health and nutritional history andadministering a battery of physical and biochemical tests.This 6-year program to collect blood from about 20,000participants 12 years of age and older will end in late1994. The NHANES Ⅲ CeLl(DNA)bank is a unique nationalresource because of its large size,nationallyrepresentative nature,capacity for longitudinal follow-upof study individuals,and amount of information on eachparticipant.A mechanism to share this resource with thescientific community will be established.

The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) provides a unique means of sampling human DNA from a representative U.S. population targeted for health examination. The program involves gathering each participant's health and nutritional history and administering a battery of physical and biochemical tests. This 6-year program to collect blood from about 20,000 participants 12 years of age and older will end in late 1994. The NHANES III Cell (DNA) bank is a unique national resource because of its large size, nationally representative nature, capacity for longitudinal follow-up of study individuals, and amount cf information on each participant. A mechanism to share this resource with the scientific community will be established.