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Medical Milestones - Clinical Center Firsts

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  80. NIH uses genome sequencing to help quell bacterial outbreak in Clinical Center (Aug. 22, 2012)
  81. NIH to Launch Human Safety Study of Ebola Vaccine Candidate (Aug. 28, 2014)
  82. NIH uses photon-counting CT scanner in patients for the first time (Feb. 24, 2016)
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  87. NIH scientists develop faster COVID-19 test (Aug. 16, 2021)