Partnership to Accelerate SARS-CoV-2 Variant Identification in the US
On March 23, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it is partnering with population genomics company Helix, bioinformatics company Rosalind, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Initiative to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants...NIH Sees Budget Increase by $2 Billion
On March 15, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 into law, an omnibus bill that sets the budgets for all federal agencies for the rest of FY2022. The bill includes a $2 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), bringing...Startup Awarded NIH Grant to Develop Endometriosis Test
OAKLAND, CA — NextGen Jane, a genomics startup generating big data for novel applications in molecular diagnostics and drug development for female reproductive disorders, announced that it has received the green light for the second phase of a Small Business...President Calls for Cutting NIH Budget but Congress Increases It Instead
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