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Prenetics, Prudential, CUHK, Others Partner to Increase COVID-19 Test Access in Hong Kong

The Project Screen initiative aims to provide the Hong Kong community with home access to the World Health Organization-approved RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 at zero profit to its organizers.

UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Receives $8.5M Gift

The anonymous gift, to be made in annual installments over 10 years, will support interdisciplinary work at the campus's Genomics Institute headquarters.

FIND, Unitaid Sign $14.5M Deal to Evaluate NGS-Based Diagnosis of Drug-Resistant TB

The project, called Seq&Treat, will be implemented in Brazil, China, Georgia, India, and South Africa starting in October.

Mount Sinai Creates New Genomics Center as Part of $100M AI Initiative
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The Center for Genomic Health will be one facet of the new James Center for Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, funded by a philanthropic gift.

Invitae Launches Free Genetic Testing Programs With Spark Therapeutics, X4 Pharmaceuticals

The testing programs are financially supported by the drugmakers, and will allow Invitae to provide free testing and genetic counseling for rare inherited retinal disease and primary immunodeficiencies.

May 23, 2019

New York Genome Center Gets $125M Gift from Simons Foundation, Carson Family Charitable Trust

Mar 12, 2019

VA, Sanford Health to Offer Free PGx Testing to 250K Vets

May 15, 2018

CARB-X Awards MicrobeDx Up To $3.5M

Jun 12, 2017

Wash U Receives $10M Gift for Genomics Center

Nov 18, 2015

Kraft Family Foundation Pledges $20M to Harvard Business School to Advance Precision Medicine

Jun 25, 2015

Icahn School of Medicine Gifted $5M to Establish Precision Wellness Center

Jun 22, 2015

Broad Institute Gets $20M Gift to Battle Tuberculosis with Genomic Technology

May 18, 2015

UTSW Medical Center Receives $5M Gift to Create Depression Research Center

Apr 30, 2015

Cypher Genomics, U Penn to Collaborate on Genetics Study of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Apr 27, 2015

Mount Sinai Gifted $3M for IBD Center

Apr 6, 2015

BD, Breakout Labs Partner on Funding, Guidance to Startups

Mar 30, 2015

Ellison Foundation Provides U of Washington $6M for Alzheimer's Research

Mar 2, 2015

UAMS Myeloma Institute to Create MDx Center, Endowed Chair with $10M Celgene Gift

Feb 18, 2015

NYU, Technion-Israel Institute Gifted $9M for Cancer Research

Feb 10, 2015

Hugh Kaul Foundation Gifts $7M for UAB Personalized Medicine Institute

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White-Tailed Deer Harbor SARS-CoV-2 Variants No Longer Infecting Humans, Study Finds

A new study in PNAS has found that white-tailed deer could act as a reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 variants no longer found among humans.

Study Points to Benefits of Local Consolidative Therapy, Targeted Treatments in Cancer Care

In JCO Precision Oncology, researchers report that local consolidative therapy combined with molecularly targeted treatments could improve survival for some lung cancer patients.

Genetic Variants That Lower LDL Cholesterol Linked to Reduced Heart Disease Risk

Rare variants in two genes that lower LDL cholesterol are also associated with a decreased risk of coronary heart disease, according to a new JAMA Cardiology study.

Study Links Evolution of Longevity, Social Organization in Mammals

With the help of comparative phylogenetics and transcriptomics, researchers in Nature Communications see ties between lifespan and social organization in mammals.