{"id":1544,"date":"2017-10-12T20:52:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T20:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smithfamilyclinic.org\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2017-10-12T20:52:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T20:52:48","slug":"front-line-genomics-features-the-hero-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/front-line-genomics-features-the-hero-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Line Genomics features the Hero Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Front Line Genomics, the media sponsor for this year&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/hudsonalpha.org\/genomicmedicineconference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Genomic Medicine Conference<\/a><\/span>, highlighted the HudsonAlpha <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/smithfamilyclinic.org\/hero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hero Fund<\/a><\/span> in the October issue of its magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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,&#8221; said David Bick, MD, HudsonAlpha faculty investigator and medical director at the Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story from <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/cdn.frontlinegenomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FLG_FULL_ISSUE_ASHG_2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Front Line Genomics<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fl-genomics-cover.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1545 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fl-genomics-cover.jpg\" alt=\"fl genomics cover\" width=\"350\" height=\"452\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Front Line Genomics, the media sponsor for this year&#8217;s Genomic Medicine Conference, highlighted the HudsonAlpha Hero Fund in the October issue of its magazine. \u201cWe 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,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[107,121,133,108,134,104],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithfamilyclinic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}