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Center for ViroScience and Cure (CVC)

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Children's Center for Immunity and Applied Genomics (CIAG)

Children's Center for Neurosciences Research (CCNR)

Marcus Center for Cellular Therapy

Children's Heart Research and Outcomes Center (HeRO)

Marcus Autism Center

Pediatric Technology Center (PTC)

Research and Epidemiology for Adolescent and Child Health (REACH) Center

Georgia Solve Sickle Cell Initiative

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Flow Cytometry Core

General Equipment Core

Pediatric Research Development Core

Integrated Cellular Imaging Core

Laboratory and Pathology Clinical Research Core

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Pediatric Metabolomics & Biomarkers Core

Pediatric Heart Diseases Data Registry Core

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Ian’s Friends Foundation Brain Tumor Biorepository

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