http://bit.ly/1zfNXza A new $215 million US government proposal would seek more than 1 million American volunteers for analysis of their genetic information in an initiative to fight disease, while developing targeted health care based on one’s DNA. Officials hope the biobank project, announced Friday by President Barack Obama, can merge existing genetic studies with a diverse range of new volunteers to hit 1 million participants. "Precision medicine gives us one of the greatest opportunities for new medical breakthroughs we've ever seen," Obama said Friday, adding that it would "lay a foundation for a new era of life-saving discoveries." For the immediate future, the stated goal of the project is to fight disease, especially cancer, Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said at a news conference Thursday, Reuters reported. http://bit.ly/1CKsvoU
Tracking Your Genes: Obama Proposes DNA Biobank of 1 Million Americans
http://bit.ly/1zfNXza A new $215 million US government proposal would seek more than 1 million American volunteers for analysis of their genetic information in an initiative to fight disease, while developing targeted health care based on one’s DNA. Officials hope the biobank project, announced Friday by President Barack Obama, can merge existing genetic studies with a diverse range of new volunteers to hit 1 million participants. "Precision medicine gives us one of the greatest opportunities for new medical breakthroughs we've ever seen," Obama said Friday, adding that it would "lay a foundation for a new era of life-saving discoveries." For the immediate future, the stated goal of the project is to fight disease, especially cancer, Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said at a news conference Thursday, Reuters reported. http://bit.ly/1CKsvoU
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