NIH Unveils Precision Medicine 'Working Laboratory' Plan
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
After hearing from hundreds of the nation's top scientists, which gathered at four workshops over the past six months, and receiving input from two public requests for information, a working group on Sept. 17 delivered a blueprint to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins mapping the way forward for building a one-million person research cohort – the foundation of President Barack Obama's precision medicine initiative (PMI).