Word: nih
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...increasing Western acceptance of alternative medicine has been reflected in a variety of institutional changes. In 1992, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a pillar of the American biomedical research establishment, established an Office for Alternative Medicine (OAM). With an annual operating budget in 1997 of over 12 million dollars, the OAM provides a significant amount of research funding each year specifically for studies on alternative medicine. OAM also hosts international conferences to bring together researchers and scientists to further our understanding of alternative medicine...
Perhaps now she has been defused. Last week researchers announced that they were halting the study 13 months early. Reason: tamoxifen, they've learned, does indeed prevent breast cancer. It's the first drug ever shown to do so. Said Dr. Harold Varmus, director of the NIH, in announcing the results: "This is a big deal...
...NIH grants are awarded based on peer review, aprocess whereby fellow scientists reviewapplications for grants and decide which projectsseem most imperative...
...companies rely very little on NIH grants,he adds. "[NIH grants] represent an exceedinglysmall amount of money the company gets," Maniatissays. "Most of the research is internally-fundedand goes toward the development of a drug...
Still, the role of the NIH as an agency whichfunds public research for private profit hasprovoked criticism, especially following a recentseries of articles in the Boston Globe onscientists who have gotten rich in the biotechindustry...