Eight US Institutions Awarded $350M for Biodefense RCEs

Sep 05, 2003

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (GenomeWeb News) - US Health and Human Services secretary Tommy Thompson announced yesterday that grants totaling $350 million over five years had been awarded to establish eight Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases at institutions across the country.

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