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Brain Cancer Coalition Plans Precision Medicine Study

The study will use NantHealth's GPS Cancer test to help treat adult and pediatric brain cancer patients.

Philly's University City Science Center Debuts $1.2M POC Fund for Academic Life-Sci Projects
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In the first phase of the three-part pilot program, three projects will be chosen from 10 institutions in the Philadelphia region, Delaware, and New Jersey to receive one-year grants worth as much as $200,000 for proof-of-concept studies.

Short Reads: Mar 27, 2009
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Snippets: Mar 4, 2009
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DNAPrint, Laboratory Corporation of America, Duke University, Lab21, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, and more …

Autism Speaks Gives $5M for Two Multi-site Genetic Studies

Researchers will use the funds to link genetic, environmental, and imaging autism studies and identify biomarkers and other risk factors in children.
Feb 4, 2009

News Briefs: Feb 4, 2009
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Could Cost Billions

NBC News reports that the new Alzheimer's disease drug from Biogen could cost Medicare in the US billions of dollars.

Not Quite Sent

The Biden Administration likely won't meet its goal of sending 80 million SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses abroad by the end of the month, according to the Washington Post.

DTC Regulation Proposals

A new report calls on UK policymakers to review direct-to-consumer genetic testing regulations, the Independent reports.

PNAS Papers on Mosquito MicroRNAs, Acute Kidney Injury, Trichothiodystrophy

In PNAS this week: microRNAs involved in Aedes aegypti reproduction, proximal tubule cell response to kidney injury, and more.