‘Open science is freedom’: genomics consortium receives $33M boost | OttawaCommunityNews.com
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"[...] She applauded the news on June 12 that $33 million is being invested into the Structural Genomics Consortium to fuel research that is made publicly available to researchers around the world. The hope is this will lead to the quicker discovery of cures and treatments for such illnesses as cancer, ALS, Huntington's disease, malaria and tuberculosis.
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The announcement was made at the CHEO lab by federal Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, Reza Moridi, provincial minister of research, innovation and science, Marc LePage, chief executive of Genome Canada; and Ottawa South MP David McGuinty.
The funding includes $11 million from the federal government’s 2016 budget over the next four years, $5 million from the Ontario government over five years, and $17 million from the pharmaceutical industry."