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...hope for greater opportunity overall and the lessening of ongoing concerns,” said Wagers. “The NIH budget itself has been shrinking, so it’s not just a problem with stem cells, but with biomedical research and even basic biological research...
...What you have to take into account is the overall economic state of the country and the federal deficit,” he said. “I don’t expect that NIH or other funding sources will be turned on right away because there are many other priorities...
...rescinded - that "an adequate margin of safety exists for BPA at current levels of exposure from food-contact uses, for infants and adults" was based on data available at the time. Back in April, for example, the National Toxicology Program, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), released a preliminary report expressing "some concern" that according to studies done in animals, BPA could have neural and behavioral effects on fetuses, infants and children at current levels of exposure. Recent surveys by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had suggested that exposure is widespread, showing that...
...some idea of how much BPA might leach from a baby bottle, there are intermediate steps between that and how much gets into an infant that we still need to model and establish mathematically," says John Bucher, associate director of the National Toxicology Program, which collaborates with the FDA, NIH and CDC. "And we don't have that yet." The FDA report maintains, for example, that a BPA exposure level of 5 mg/kg per day is acceptable. Health officials have determined that baby bottles can produce anywhere from 7 micrograms/g to 57.7 micrograms/g of BPA. The questions are: How much...
...will bring major benefits to mankind. Fortunately, Mr. Wyss has the foresight—and the funds—to finance this initiative. Harvard, like most research universities, depends on federal funding to conduct research. In 2007, Harvard received $329 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest source of federal funding for research. Over the past eight years, the Bush administration has repeatedly tightened the purse strings of the NIH; today only one in every four grant application is funded. Federal budget constraints will continue to tighten in the next few years, even...