title: A new initiative on precision medicine.
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.
authors: From the National Institutes of Health (F.S.C.) and the National Cancer Institute (H.V.) - both in Bethesda, MD.
authors: Francis S
authors: FS
authors: Collins
authors: Harold
authors: H
authors: Varmus
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005380:Financing, Government; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D057285:Precision Medicine; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States
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