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Brian Duncan performs at The Globe Coffee Lounge in St. Petersburg. - Julie Busch
Brian Duncan performs at The Globe Coffee Lounge in St. Petersburg. - Julie Busch

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USF Partners With Maine-Based Research Institution For Personalized Medicine

Personalized medicine will be the focus of a newly announced partnership between the University of South Florida and Maine-based nonprofit biomedical research institution Jackson Laboratory.

Personalized medicine involves disease prevention and targeting patient treatment based on genetic makeup.

The partnership will also produce a new research and education village in Collier County, FL., that could generate up to 7,500 jobs and $500 million in economic activity, according to recent study conducted by the Washington Economic Group.

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