What is the NIDA Center for Genetic Studies (NCGS)?
A1. The NIDA Center for Genetics Studies (NCGS) is a NIDA-funded scientific resource for informing the human molecular genetics of drug addiction. The NCGS stores clinical data, diagnostic data, pedigree information, and biomaterials (including DNA, plasma, cryopreserved lymphocytes, and/or cell lines) from human subjects participating in studies that form the NIDA Genetics Consortium (NGC). The resource is for all investigators who have fulfilled the requirements for membership and agree to become members of the NGC. For more information about the NGC, please see [FAQs about the NGC]. For information about each study in the NGC, please see http://zork.wustl.edu. Click the NIDA icon, select public information, and then click on study information.
