Word: nih
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...believe that major cuts at NIH willbe successful," Kennedy told The Crimson. "Wewould be failing to take advantage of the programswe have that work very well. It would be asignificant mistake to lose the... advantage ofthe significant position of the Massachusettseconomy and the American economy...
...more recently, Sen. Mark O. Hatfield(R-Ore.), chair of the Senate AppropriationsCommittee, introduced two amendments to thebudget, either one of which would partiallyrestore the 10 percent cut in NIH funding assumedin the Domenici budget, leaving a cut of $1.7billion over the next seven years...
...cuts of 0.25percent in all discretionary spending (excludinghealth and labor) whereas the second, co-authoredby Senators Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Nancy LandonKassebaum (R-Kan.), also excludes defense, leavinga 0.58 percent cut for non-defense items. TheSenate recently passed the second amendment 85-14,thereby restoring almost all NIH funding...
Nonetheless, there remains concern about whowill suffer from NIH cuts...
...There has been quite an active e-mail and faxnetwork between scientists," Losick says. "HaroldVarmus, the head of the NIH and a researcher, hasbeen quite an outstanding leader in articulatingthe importance of biomedical research...