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Budi Hermawan’s Long Fight Against Tuberculosis
Nothing about Budi Hermawan’s experience with tuberculosis (TB) has been easy. In 2003, he had a cough. He didn’t think much of it, but as his symptoms worsened, he visited a doctor near his home in Bogor, Indonesia.

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A Liquid Biopsy Study Offers New Hope for Lung Cancer Patients
In Wales, lung cancer is the third most common cancer for women and the fourth most common for men, and it remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Welsh patients often present late, at stage III or IV lung cancer.

Education

Birch Aquarium Distributes $375K in Scholarships to 22,000 Students
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego announced Wednesday it distributed more than $375,000 in scholarships to tens of thousands of students during the 2022-2023 school year, representing a new record for the organization.

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Addressing the Genomics Education Gap
In her role as a genetic counselor and associate director of Medical Affairs at Illumina, Holly Snyder routinely meets with health care providers and medical societies to better understand knowledge gaps and needs for education.

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Local Teachers Spread Passion for STEM with SD2/Illumina Corporate Foundation STEM Educators Award
The 2022 SD2 and Illumina Corporate Foundation STEM Educator Awards have been awarded to local San Diego educators Hannah Nakamoto, a chemistry and physics teacher at Kearny High School, and Mario Patiño, a middle and high school science teacher at the Preuss School at UCSD.

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Children’s Mercy Kansas City Tackles the Unique Complexity of Pediatric Cancer
“Pediatricians like to say children are not little adults, and accordingly, pediatric cancer is not just the miniature form of adult cancer,” says Midhat Farooqi, MD, PhD, Director of Molecular Oncology, Genomic Medicine Center at Children’s Mercy Kansas City in Missouri.

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Nurturing the Next Generation of Life Sciences and Genomic Experts
When Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI) was founded in 2013, it already had an Illumina connection—it was created with help from Illumina co-founder David Walt. Now Illumina provides in-kind donations to support its mission.

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Illumina Supports Next Generation Scientists at Genspace
Illumina and The Illumina Corporate Foundation have granted Genspace in-kind product donations and a cash grant totalling over $100,000 to build capacity for authentic genomics research and project-based learning for New York City youth.

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New Virtual Lab for Students Opens Access to Next-Generation Sequencing
While visiting her grandparents in Florida, 17-year-old Kate frequented a pond near their house and spent time observing the various species of fish living there. She became interested in how two populations of fish—one living in the ocean, the other in this 50-foot-deep saltwater pond—might differ genetically.

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Greenwood Genetic Center: Answering the Unanswered
Before next-generation sequencing (NGS) came along, children and families with rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases often faced years-long diagnostic odysseys. By providing comprehensive, unbiased information, NGS has helped diagnose thousands of people with rare diseases, giving clinicians, patients, and families essential information to move forward.
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