Precision Medicine Initiative
The Precision Medicine Initiative is a research project created by Barack Obama in 2015 with $215 million in funding that aims to make advances in tailoring medical care to the individual.[1] The project aims to collect genetic and health data from one million subjects.[2]
The initiative was announced during the 2015 State of the Union Address.[3]
External links
- Precision Medicine Initiative homepage at the National Institute of Health.
References
- ↑ https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/30/fact-sheet-president-obama-s-precision-medicine-initiative
- ↑ Reardon, Sara (1 September 2015). "Giant study poses DNA data-sharing dilemma". Nature.
- ↑ Dvorsky, George (21 January 2015). "How Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative Will Revolutionize Healthcare". io9.
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