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The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) has received a $5.4 gift from the Walton Family Foundation to "develop and provide a roadmap for both the public and private sectors to build resilience in the global health care supply system and to improve the availability… Read more

On Thursday, Nov. 29 a group of eminent scholars and researchers convened at Meharry Medical College in Nashville to evaluate the current state of precision medicine and how access to it can be improved. Conference presenters shared a wide-ranging array of information about obstacles and… Read more

The University of Minnesota has announced the purchase of a start-up company sparked by faculty research. The enterprise, CoreBiome, was founded in 2017 as part of the Office of Technology Commercialization's efforts to widen the availability of therapies and products developed at the… Read more

As 2018 comes to a close, one of the year's most startling scientific developments was the announcement of gene-edited twin girls born in China. While the promise and power of the technique known as CRISPR have long been known, scientists and policymakers have emphasized resisting the temptation to… Read more

The latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to grow, with officials reporting "549 total Ebola cases and 326 deaths. Eighty-two suspected cases are under investigation," according to the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Prevention (… Read more

The University of Minnesota has announced a $5 million gift from the Ecolab Foundation in support of environmental sustainability research and education. A cornerstone of the Ecolab Foundation gift is $2 million for the establishment of an endowed chair for the Institute on… Read more

The Center for Neurobehavioral Development, a Consortium member, is using an unusual partner — Santa Claus — to raise awareness of SPARK, the largest autism genetics study in the nation. According to a story from Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), the Center is… Read more

The November/December issue of Minnesota Medicine features an article by Consortium Chair Susan M. Wolf about the legal and regulatory underpinnings needed to advance genomic medicine. It is part of a special issue on the future of medicine, and provides an overview of the NIH-… Read more

ClinGen, a public genomic variant database, has been formally recognized by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a source of "valid scientific evidence that can be used to support clinical validity." This step is significant because it certifies that ClinGen provides… Read more

On Thursday, Nov. 29 a group of eminent scholars and researchers convened at Meharry Medical College in Nashville to evaluate the current state of precision medicine and how access to it can be improved. Conference presenters shared a wide-ranging array of information about obstacles and… Read more