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. 2015 Feb 26;372(9):793-5.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1500523. Epub 2015 Jan 30.

A new initiative on precision medicine

Francis S Collins  1 , Harold Varmus
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A new initiative on precision medicine

Francis S Collins et al. N Engl J Med. .

Abstract

President Obama has announced a research initiative that aims to accelerate progress toward a new era of precision medicine, with a near-term focus on cancers and a longer-term aim to generate knowledge applicable to the whole range of health and disease.

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