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			<title>Global Research Council launched</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2012/#story_11874</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The heads of research councils from nearly fifty countries have established the Global Research Council (GRC) with the aim of fostering international cooperation and consensus between national funding bodies.  At an inaugural summit and press conference this week hosted by US federal funding agency  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Further US funding for clinical genome sequencing research</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11738</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is to award almost $5 million funding for projects that explore the clinical applications of genome sequencing.  &amp;nbsp;  The Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) programme already supports five research projects and forms part of the la ... ]]></description>
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			<title>UK strategy for regenerative medicine emphasises translation</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11567</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and the four leading research councils (MRC, EPSRC, BBSRC and ESRC) have released a new five-year strategy for regenerative medicine research and development in the UK, including new investment of &amp;pound;75 million.  &amp;nbsp;  Regenerative medicine is broadly define ... ]]></description>
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			<title>UK government funding for stratified medicine development</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2012/#story_11495</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ New funding of &amp;pound;7.5 million has been made available for stratified medicine development in the UK by the governmental Technology Strategy Board (TSB), to determine whether it can improve current clinical care pathways.  &amp;nbsp;  In partnership with the Department of Health, the TSB is offering  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>UK government gives boost to biomedical translation</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2011/#story_10853</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The money comes as part of the government&amp;rsquo;s new Life Sciences Strategy and includes &amp;pound;180 million for a &amp;ldquo;biomedical catalyst project&amp;rdquo; to bring biomedical innovations more quickly to market. &amp;pound;130 million has been earmarked for research into stratified medicines, with &amp;pou ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US recognises clinical importance of genome sequencing</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2011/#story_10738</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in the US has announced the $416 million funding to boost the uptake of genome sequencing into mainstream medical practice.  &amp;nbsp;  The new funding, part of the Large-Scale Genome Sequencing Program, is intended to focus on medical applications;  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Call for genomics to shed light on chronic wound repair</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2011/#story_10652</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ New projects are to investigate the genomics of chronic wound repair.  &amp;nbsp;  Chronic wounds are defined as those that have not healed within three months; such non-healing tissue lesions can be a particular problem in certain patient groups such as the elderly and diabetics, and also predispose ho ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Data crisis - is the answer in the cloud?</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2011/#story_10620</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ As the cost of DNA sequencing dives, the amount of sequence data available is soaring &amp;ndash; yet it is ultimately meaningless without the capacity to manage and interpret it all.The questions professionals are asking &amp;ndash; and ones we highlight in our recent report - are where is the storage capa ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Are budget cuts pushing WGS into clinics?</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2011/#story_10560</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Most countries have reasonably protected budgets for scientific research, despite the recession, though it still makes sense for companies to look towards the Asian markets as a growth area. However, whilst the predicted move of genome sequencing into clinical application is an important development ... ]]></description>
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			<title>International project to examine epilepsy genomics</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2011/#story_10454</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new international genomics project will try to uncover the genetic basis of epilepsy and further the search for new diagnostic and therapeutic options.  &amp;nbsp;  Epilepsy is a chronic neurological condition that affects around 1 in 100 people and comes in many different forms; a small proportion of ... ]]></description>
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			<title>$10 million sequencing prize for centenarians' genomes</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2011/#story_10411</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Archon Prize for Genomics has been revised to focus on sequencing the genomes of one hundred centenarians, it has been announced.  The $10 million prize, announced in 2006 (see previous news), will go to the team of researchers whose DNA sequencing technique will allow them to quickly and accura ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New focus on epigenetics for Structural Genomics Consortium</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2011/#story_10133</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The international Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) has announced confirmation of a total of more than &amp;pound;31 million in new funding.  &amp;nbsp;  Founded in 2004 and based in Oxford, UK and Toronto, Canada, the SGC is a non-profit public-private research partnership that drives the discovery of n ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New European science policy body to represent researchers</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2011/#story_9813</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new organisation to be launched next month aims to become the single voice for science policy in Europe.&amp;nbsp;ScienceEurope, to be launched on 21st October, will be based in Brussels and combines two existing groups, the European Science Foundation (ESF) based in France (see previous news) and the ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research legal</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2011/#story_9334</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The legal challenge to US government funding for human embryonic stem (HES) cell research has been rejected by a judge.  &amp;nbsp;  Adult stem cell researchers claimed that such funding diverted National Institutes of Health (NIH) resources away from adult stem cell research and created an incentive fo ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Public attitudes to embryonic stem cell research</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2011/#story_9169</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Update on US embryonic stem cell legal disputes</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2011/#story_8998</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A US politician has reintroduced a bill to codify President Barack Obama&amp;rsquo;s 2009 policy to ease restrictions on federally funded research using human embryonic stem (HES) cells (see previous news). The bill, which in previous forms has passed Congress but was vetoed by the former President Geor ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US funding ban on human embryonic stem cell research lifted</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2011/#story_8379</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ After temporarily blocking an injunction preventing&amp;nbsp;federally funded human embryonic stem (HES) cell research in the US (see previous news), the Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C has now ruled that such research is legal and can continue.  &amp;nbsp;  Two of the three panel judges concluded that ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US public health genomics budget slashed</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2011/#story_7696</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Ron Zimmern, whilst appreciating the need for restrictions in public funding in the US as elsewhere in the world, has criticised the scale of the OPHG budget reduction (see commentary), suggesting that the CDC has &amp;lsquo;failed to comprehend the strategic importance of genomic science for the health ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Vision for the future of Chinese science</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2011/#story_7555</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Productivity is never a problem for Chinese science, but these new plans to actively foster creativity, innovation and the application of science in creating beneficial outputs are an exciting development, and could mark a move towards the creation of important new biomedical tools. ]]></description>
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			<title>China joins Human Variome Project</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2011/#story_7468</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Besides representing another clear signal that China takes genetics very seriously as a determinant of individual and population health, this move is also a great boost for the HVP, since it will provide large quantities of valuable new data about genetic diversity within Chinese populations. Relati ... ]]></description>
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