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As U.S. Looks to Launch Precision Health Study, Google’s Role Emerges

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PMI officials acknowledged the importance of gaining the public’s trust. “It’s front and center in every decision we’re making,” said Gwynne Jenkins, the chief of staff for the PMI cohort program, the team building the volunteer database. ” Verily’s role has since shifted, however.

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If Budget Holds, NIH Precision Study Could Be Flush As Volunteers Arrive

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But in staving off a government shutdown, Congress pushed back hard against the White House’s funding proposal to cover the rest of the current fiscal year, which runs through September. But as things stand, the Precision Medicine Initiative, or PMI, could get as much as. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Precision Medicine In Trump Era? California Presses Own Modest Program

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Among the many questions swirling around the incoming Trump administration is the fate of ambitious biomedical science projects that require federal funding. Its focus is funding biomedical projects that might. While that question hangs in the air, the state of California’s own precision medicine plan is moving ahead.

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