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Center for Precision Medicine Models

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The Center for Precision Medicine Models at Baylor College of Medicine aids researchers, clinicians, genetic counselors, patients and support organizations in the development and study of precision animal models of human-disease-associated genetic variation.

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Nominate a Variant for Modeling

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A clinician, genetic counselor, or researcher wishing to nominate a variant for precision modeling can complete our Variant Nomination Form.

Patients, families, or family organizations wishing to discuss the nomination of a variant can contact the center at CPMM-info@bcm.edu.

Variant Nomination Form
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Variant Nomination Guidance

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View our Variant Nomination Guidance for more details on the criteria and variant nomination and review processes. If a variant is selected for modeling, the center works closely with the nominator to develop an experimental plan that addresses key clinically relevant questions.

Variant Nomination Guidance
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Track your Nomination

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Nominators are provided password protected access to our Nomination Tracking System where their submitted nomination information, status of the Center’s review, review comments, and a final decision letter can be accessed. When a project is accepted for animal modeling, the Nomination Tracking System provides a link to our Project Management System where project progress can be monitored.

Nomination Tracking System
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Funding Information

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The Center for Precision Medicine Models at Baylor College of Medicine (U54 OD030165) is funded by the NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs through the Office of the Director. Efforts at Baylor are complemented by funded centers at The Jackson Laboratory and University of Alabama Birmingham.

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Our Cores

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Our center focuses on producing and phenotyping precision fly and mouse models of human disease and can facilitate the discovery of spontaneous disease models in established rhesus macaque colonies. Find out more about our center's core capabilities.

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Baylor receives NIH funding for center to model rare genetic diseases

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Baylor College of Medicine has received a five-year, $9.94 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for the new Center for Precision Medicine Models.

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