Front Line Genomics, the media sponsor for this year’s Genomic Medicine Conference, highlighted the HudsonAlpha Hero Fund in the October issue of its magazine.
“We knew there were many, many patients, both pediatric and adult, who would benefit from a molecular diagnosis, and who had not had the opportunity to go through that diagnostic process,” said David Bick, MD, HudsonAlpha faculty investigator and medical director at the Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine.
The HudsonAlpha Foundation were discussing different options and fundraising proposals to help pay for sequencing for patients, when a surprise check for $1 million arrived, helping to establish the Hero Fund.
Read the full story from Front Line Genomics.