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TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2003

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Tribe of Arizona signed an agreement to provide $5 million for diabetes research.

The Translational Genomics Research Institute will spend five years studying how the disease has affective Native Americans. Researchers will compare people who are most severely affected by diabetes with those who have fewer complications.

Get the Story:
Salt River tribe to fund TGen study (The Arizona Republic 6/3)

Relevant Links:
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community - http://www.saltriver.pima-maricopa.nsn.us
Translational Genomics Research Institute - http://www.tgen.org

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