HHS embarks on $52 million genetic sequencing platform development

Healthcare IT News: The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, ASPR, is allocating money to advance the development of a next-generation genetic sequencing platform.

It is the first next-generation genetic sequencing platform supported by ASPR’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority – BARDA.

Next-generation sequencing describes technology that has enabled DNA and RNA to be read much more quickly than the previously used Sanger sequencing method, HHS officials said.

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