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Phoenix-Based Genomics Research Group Eyes Initiative with Mexican Institute.

By David Wichner, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 17--The Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute, or TGen, is exploring a joint research initiative with Mexico's new genomics institute, the National Institute of Genomic Medicine.

Officials from TGen and the Mexican institute, which is being established in Cuernavaca, about 50 miles south of Mexico City, planned to meet today in Phoenix to begin the development of a "shared scientific vision," TGen President Jeffrey Trent said.

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