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For Precision Medicine and Genomic-based Diagnostics: 2016 Approval of $55 Million for Research on Genetic Links to Disease

Posted in Genome Biology, Personalized and Precision Medicine & Genomic Research, tagged , on July 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »

For Precision Medicine and Genomic-based Diagnostics: 2016 Approval of $55 Million for Research on Genetic Links to Disease

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

Obama Administration Awards $55 Million for Research on Genetic Links to Disease

Millions of Americans to be studied, with goal to develop more precise drugs, medical treatments

By

THOMAS M. BURTON

Updated July 6, 2016 10:14 p.m. ET

“The precision-medicine cohort will be unique and transformative,” said Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health and a prime mover in the national endeavor. The database “will represent the rich diversity of America,” said Dr. Collins in a news call from the White House. Half the database will consist of veterans whose genomic makeups already are being assembled in a project of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-administration-awards-55-million-for-research-on-genetic-links-to-disease-1467849601

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