JAX in research agreement with Shriners Hospitals

With the goal of identifying advanced treatment approaches for children with genetic orthopedic conditions, Shriners Hospitals for Children® and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have entered into a research affiliation agreement.

As part of this agreement, Shriners Hospitals will perform next-generation sequencing on DNA samples obtained from families at its 22 hospitals and outpatient locations in North America and from its international network of outreach clinics. more