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Posted on October 06, 2008

It s Monday, and there s plenty of catching up to do around the world of genetics. This week month -The Broad Institute received an astonishing $400 million endowment from the donors that bear its name. The Institute helped mapped the full complement of the human genes. This record-setting gift will fund genomics research.A melanoma cell line mistakenly identified as breast cancer cell line was used in more than 650 published breast cancer studies. The mistake happened 25 years ago, and could have implications for the cancer studies the cell line was used in.The NIH awarded $138M to 47 sc...

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