Genomics

NIH Precision Medicine Data Detects 275 Million New Genetic Variants

February 22, 2024 - Last week, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program published an article in Nature identifying over 275 million new genetic variants across approximately 250,000 participants. The All of Us Research Program was developed to diversify genomic data and broaden these datasets to include broader communities....

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