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] and is advised by Verily Life Sciences.[4]

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References

  1. "FACT SHEET: President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative". whitehouse.gov. January 30, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  2. Reardon, Sara (1 September 2015). "Giant study poses DNA data-sharing dilemma". Nature.
  3. Dvorsky, George (21 January 2015). "How Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative Will Revolutionize Healthcare". io9.
  4. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/nih-s-1-million-volunteer-precision-medicine-study-announces-first-pilot-projects
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