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The Together for CHANGE initiative aims to build the largest African ancestry genomic database while supporting the communities from which it is recruiting.
Meharry Medical College, Pharma Firms to Build Large-Scale African Ancestry Genomics Database
Regeneron, AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, and Roche will each commit $20 million to the project, which plans to sequence the genomes of up to 500,000 individuals.
The researchers used tissue and plasma proteomics to identify marker for detecting fibrosis, inflammation, and steatosis and for predicting liver-related events.
Broad Institute, Novo Nordisk Foundation Launch Center to Study Genomic Mechanisms of Disease
The center, which is being funded by a $47.5 million commitment from the foundation, will initially focus on type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Plans are underway to add genomics data from various Danish cohorts to the browser, which will provide greater insight into disease progression.