title: NIH Prepares to Launch Precision Medicine Study.
abstract: The NIH has awarded $55 million to several institutions to launch the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program, which aims to enroll at least 1 million Americans between 2016 and 2020 in a long-term study. Organizers say the program will facilitate collaboration among researchers, potentially accelerating the development of personalized therapies for cancer and other diseases.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D000070516:Intersectoral Collaboration; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D057285:Precision Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States