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The access to the world’s largest browsable resource linking rare protein-coding genetic variants to human health and disease was launched through a genetic exome sequence analysis collaboration between AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), Biogen Inc. About the UK Biobank. Nasdaq: BIIB) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE).
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