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Where do you suppose the funding for the research on different disease and genetic disorders comes from?


Where do you suppose the funding for the research on different disease and genetic disorders comes from?

There are many funding sources for such research, including foundations such as the March of Dimes, but most of the money is federal.
The National Institutue of Child Health & Human Development (part of the National Institute of Health) specifically funds research on genetic disorders.

The US Government.

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