U.S. launches new program to study genetic variation in normal human cells, tissues


LOS ANGELES, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is launching a new program that aims to investigate genetic variation in normal human cells and tissues, the agency said on Thursday.

The new program, with awards totaling 140 million U.S. dollars over five years, seeks to discover and catalog the breadth of somatic mosaicism, a type of genetic variation, in human tissues.

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