NIH Awards $6M to Create Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus Research Network

Sep 24, 2014

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The National Institutes of Health said today it has awarded $6 million to 11 research teams for studies that will use genomic and single-cell-level analyses to identify potential therapeutic and diagnostic targets for rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

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