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Bipolar Funding Consortium Aims to Unravel Disorder's Genetics, Reduce Healthcare Disparities
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The ambitious set of projects funded by BD² aims to improve our understanding of bipolar disorder and inform care across the entire spectrum of research and clinical practice.
Bipolar Disorder Research Funding Organization Awards $18M in Grants to NYGC, Others
BD², a collaboration between three family philanthropies and the Milken Institute, awarded grants to teams at the New York Genome Center, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale.
Bipolar Disorder Research Initiative Awards $15M for Brain Genetics, Omics Platforms
BD2, a collaboration between three family philanthropies and the Milken Institute, made the awards to two teams for large-scale sequencing and a brain atlas.
Schmidt Futures Gives $50M for Life Science Research Including Single-Cell Proteomics Institute
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The philanthropy has joined hedge fund founder Ken Griffin to fund a new research facility headed by single-cell proteomics pioneer Nikolai Slavov.
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.