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Nigerian Research Consortium Begins Collecting Genetic, Clinical Data From 100K Subjects

Feb 19, 2020
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Uduak Grace Thomas
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This article has been updated from a previous version to include additional information about the NCD-GHS Consortium's steering committee.

NEW YORK– A newly minted public-private research consortium in Nigeria plans to gather genomic, clinical, and other data from 100,000 citizens that will initially be used to study the genetic basis of various non-communicable diseases.

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