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MEXT’s FY2018 Budget Request to Include Funding to Build Biobank Network

September 8, 2017
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s (MEXT) budget request for FY2018 will include around 3.5 billion yen to further promote genome research through a “platform project to promote genome-based healthcare.” MEXT will develop a system that can…

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