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Dr. Christopher Austin: How NIH tracks rare diseases

The federal government spends considerable resources tracking rare diseases. Dr. Christopher Austin is director of the National Center for Advancing Translation...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED
March 2, 2016 12:19 pm
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Dr. Christopher Austin, director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health

The federal government spends considerable resources tracking rare diseases. Dr. Christopher Austin is director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. Austin explained how rarity was defined and how many rare diseases exist on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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