@article{b3e685305a8b4b17908fe5067d77e7a4,
title = "A biobank in Sri Lanka that links East and West",
author = "Nalaka Wijekoon and Lakmal Gonawala and Printha Wijesinghe and Steinbusch, {Harry W. M.} and Chandra Mohan and {de Silva}, {K. Ranil D.}",
note = "Funding Information: More than 7·5 million children are born annually with either a severe genetic disorder or a birth defect, and nearly 95% of them live in low-income or middle-income countries. 1 The 57th World Health Assembly urged Member States to promote genetic services, with a special emphasis on poor countries. Accordingly, we have established an Interdisciplinary Centre for Innovation in Biotechnology and Neuroscience, which is a molecular diagnostic service and training facility dedicated to genetic testing, research, and training at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, in Nugegoda in Sri Lanka. Our facility was established primarily with donations and grants from the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD, USA) and the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, but with minimal government support. Funding Information: NW and LG contributed equally. We declare funding from the Muscular Dystrophy Association (Washington DC, WA, USA), WHO, the World Class University Grant project (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka; grant numbers WCUP/PhD/19 and WCUP/PhD/19B), the Ministry of Primary Industries (Sri Lanka; grant number SP/CIN/2016/02), the Sri Lanka Council for Agriculture Research Policy Project Sri Lanka (grant number 12/684/515), Sri Lanka National Science Foundation (grant number RG 2000/M/16), the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (grant number _ASP/06/RE/ 2010/07), and the International Brain Research Organization of the Asia Pacific Regional Committee; and equipment from the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD, USA).",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/s1474-4422(20)30405-1",
language = "English",
volume = "19",
pages = "972",
journal = "Lancet Neurology",
issn = "1474-4422",
publisher = "Elsevier Science",
number = "12",
}