Word: nih
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Arthur Ullian feels that Reeve has been indispensable to the cause of spinal-cord injuries. "You'd never have got the national focus without him," he says. "You'd never have got the excitement at NIH. Unfortunately, diseases need icons. Chris has been that." Kirshblum of Kessler adds that Reeve has been invaluable as an inspiration to other patients. "When they hear me encourage them, they can think, 'Talk is cheap.' But they can see Chris." Young of N.Y.U. says Reeve is mainly responsible for getting Congress to pay attention to the issue. While noting that promises from politicians...
Every morning, on the way to my office, I cross the portico from which Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the first NIH buildings on a late fall day in 1940. His paralyzed legs braced with metal, his energies worn down by his third Presidential campaign, his mind focused on the World War already being waged in Europe, FDR made a powerful statement about medical research...
...improved treatment for malaria in the pacific theatre, and the manufacturing of Fleming's penicillin effectively controlled wound infections for the first time in the history of war-fare. Following the War, inspired by these successes, the Federal government made unprecedented investments in many fields of science, through the NIH and other agencies. These investments have been essential for the vitality of American science ever since...
...United States must increase funding for scientific research and encourage young people to become scientists and physicians, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Harold E. Varmus told the Class of 1996 in his Commencement address on June...
Varmus pointed to universities and government institutions like the NIH as fundamental to scientific progress because they fund basic research, enabling doctors to cure diseases...