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uBiome Doubles Research Grant to Award Two Microbiome Researchers up to $100,000 Each
uBiome, the leading microbial genomics company, will double the number of academic researchers it will support after two projects tied for first place in a public vote to decide between six short-listed finalists. The two winning researchers, from the Yale School of Medicine and the University of Illinois at Chicago will therefore each receive up to $100,000 of uBiome microbiome testing kits and full laboratory analysis, fast-tracking studies of the vaginal microbiome of women with unexplained infertility, and the gut microbiome of athletes...
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How the healthcare system discourages creating low-cost solutions
The U.S. leads the world in creating new drugs and healthcare tech, but the system discourages inventors from creating cost-lowering technologies in favor of ones with a healthy return on investment, according to an article at the Journal of the American Medical Association. "In the United States, the surest way to generate a healthy return on investment is to increase health care spending, not reduce it," says the authors, from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Yale School of Medicine.
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Inside the Drive to Collect DNA from 1M Veterans and Revolutionize Medicine
The Department of Veterans Affairs is gathering blood from 1 million veterans and sequencing their DNA. At the same time, computer scientists are creating a database that combines those genetic sequences with electronic medical records and other information about veterans’ health. The ultimate goal of the project, known as the Million Veteran Program, is to uncover clues about disorders ranging from diabetes to post-traumatic stress disorder...
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