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Delivering Precision Oncology to Improve Veteran care

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 2:00 pmSeptember 4, 2020 Posted in Health, Research, Technology, Top Stories by Ashleigh Barry 6k views

VA's Precision Oncology program has significantly grown over the past several years and today is used in …

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Million Veteran Program sheds light on PTSD genes

Posted on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 2:24 pmOctober 2, 2019 Posted in Research by Tristan Horrom 4k views

Research based on VA’s Million Veteran Program has identified multiple locations in the human genome …

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Researchers look to genomics to connect African American patients with right medications

Posted on Friday, May 31, 2019 1:12 pmMay 31, 2019 Posted in Research by Mike Richman 635 views

A physician-investigator at the Washington DC VAMC is a member of the African American Cardiovascular …

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San Francisco VA enrolls 5,000th Vet in research program

Posted on Friday, April 5, 2019 10:00 amApril 2, 2019 Posted in Health by VAntage Point Contributor 809 views

The Million Veteran Program is research that hopes to understand how genes affect health. The largest …