NIST DNA DIAGNOSTICS DEVELOPMENT FUNDING OF $145 MIL.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
NIST DNA DIAGNOSTICS DEVELOPMENT FUNDING OF $145 MIL. will be provided over the next five years under the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program. The grants, to be matched by industry, will fund projects that pursue "cost-effective methods for sequencing, interpreting, and storing DNA sequences for diagnostic applications ranging from healthcare to agriculture to environmental monitoring," the Department of Commerce's NIST says in background material.