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The nation’s hospital groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over a new federal rule that would require them to ...
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NEW YORK, NY, December 4, 2019 - The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announced six new investments totaling $6 million ...
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A consortium led by the George Washington University (GW) has been refunded for their BioCompute Object Specification Project, thanks to ...
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TAMPA, Fla. - Moffitt Cancer Center, a leader in the clinical care and research of blood malignancies, will present its ...
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The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a grant from the Coleman Foundation to develop a screening process for ...
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