Here are seven pieces of insight.
1. President Obama established the Precision Medicine Initiative in 2015 to deliver personalized healthcare to Americans at the essential time.
2. In December 2015, President Obama signed legislation giving more than $200 million to the initiative.
3. NIH plans to create a national research participant group intertwining human biology, behavior, genetics, environment, data science and computation to treat diseases.
4. NIH will also work with Health Resources and Services Administration to bring the Precision Medicine Initiative to underserved communities.
5. The Department of Veterans Affairs is partnering with the Department of Defense to open the research cohort, Million Veteran Program, to active soldiers.
6. The FDA, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and Office for Civil Rights are moving forward with projects to enhance research and data for the initiative.
7. In addition to Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot, the National Cancer Institute will also advance research into the genetic aspects of cancer.
Read about the new federal investments and actions relating to Precision Medicine Initiative here.
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