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Canadian Genomic Data-Sharing Program Lands C$3.3M
The Can-Share program seeks to build policies and data tools to share data among Canadian research institutions and with international partners.
Canada Launches $41M Epigenetics Initiative
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Canada has launched a C$41 million (US$41.2 million) initiative to fund epigenetics research programs through collaborations between the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Genome Quebec and Genome BC, the government of Japan, and the Fonds de Recherche Sante
"A key ethical question is, when you do this next-gen whole-genome sequencing, do you return that information back to the families and patients? A part of this project is to study that question," said Poul Sorensen of the BC Cancer Agency.
Genome Canada, Canadian Institute of Health Research to Fund Sequencing of Childhood Diseases
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The C$4 million, year-long project will utilize primarily exome sequencing, and will likely focus on rare Mendelian diseases and pediatric cancers, according to officials at the Canadian Institute of Health Research and Genome Canada.