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Science 16 August 1996:
Vol. 273. no. 5277, pp. 867 - 0
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5277.867a
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Eliot Marshall

Canada's genome program, which leapt out of the starting blocks with great promise 4 years ago, is suddenly struggling to stay on its feet. It was plunged into crisis this summer as the Canadian government followed through on a 4-year plan to cut research budgets. The chief contributor to the Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology program (CGAT)--a ministry called Industry Canada--said it cannot give CGAT any more support. Other agencies are trying to scramble up some funds, but without a big backer, the $22-million, 5-year program, which has funded everything from mapping of human chromosomes and sequencing mouse immune system genes to research on social issues, will soon run out of grant money.




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