TGen Lands $300K Grant to Study Genome of Valley Fever Fungus

Nov 27, 2007

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News ) - The Translational Genomics Research Institute said yesterday that it will use a $300,000 grant from the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission to study the genome of the fungus that causes Valley Fever, a respiratory illness that is estimated to infect around 100,000 people each year.

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