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Your genes are unique to you. 
Your medicine should be too.


Our mission at The Jackson Laboratory is to discover the genetic basis for preventing, treating and curing human disease.

Our research staff of 500 studies some of humankind’s most intractable genetic diseases including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease.

We are contributing to a future of better health care in which medicine is tailored to each individual’s unique genetic makeup. We and our children will live longer, healthier lives.

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