Over the next year or so, the investigators plan to sequence the genomes of 3,000 patients with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or neurological disorders.
San Francisco Otolaryngology hopes that 2bPrecise's PGx technology can help manage the medication burden on older patients and improve symptoms of dementia.
The project will result in the creation of a national cohort for research, as well as an integrated clinical and genomic data infrastructure at the national level.
To support the 1+ Million Genomes Initiative, the EC has funded a new project, called Beyond 1 Million Genomes, with €4 million over the next three years.
In a newly published paper, CHOP researchers described a method for rebuilding patient histories en masse to create gene-specific "footprints" in clinical records.