The future of microarray technology

networking the genome search

D'Ambrosio, C.
Gatta, L.
Bonini, S.

¹IRCCS San Raffaele, Research Center, Rome, Italy
²Italian National Research Council, Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, Rome, Italy

Claudio D'Ambrosio, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Genomics Laboratory-Research Centre, IRCCS San Raffaele, Via dei Bonacolsi, 81, Rome 00163, Italy

Accepted for publication 20 April 2005

Allergy 60(10):p 1219-1226, October 2005.

In recent years microarray technology has been increasingly used in both basic and clinical research, providing substantial information for a better understanding of genome-environment interactions responsible for diseases, as well as for their diagnosis and treatment. However, in genomic research using microarray technology there are several unresolved issues, including scientific, ethical and legal issues. Networks of excellence like GA²LEN may represent the best approach for teaching, cost reduction, data repositories, and functional studies implementation.