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...that's exactly what's happening this week in Washington, D.C., where the National Institutes of Health is holding a three-day hearing on the white-hot topic of gene therapy research. In the wake of the September death of 18-year-old gene therapy recipient Jesse Gelsinger, the NIH has a clear request for public safety: Open human clinical trials to public scrutiny and report any medical problems or setbacks immediately...
...failed to validate or--more significant--invalidate any of them (with the possible exception of acupuncture). And they'll be furious when they recall years from now that in 1998, as a reward from Congress for its failures, the agency was quietly elevated to a full-fledged NIH Center and given a budgetary raise: to $50 million annually...
...proposed cuts are part of a budget plan drafted by House and Senate leaders. That plan has already been approved by the House, meaning reductions in funding to all science agencies but the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Senate is currently debating the measure, and is expected to vote on it today...
Rudenstine said there is a push in the federal government to give more funding to agencies like NIH that work in the biological sciences and less to NSF, NASA and DoD that sponsor research in the physical sciences...
...main message is that the Congress recognize that a healthy science policy requires a broad-based portfolio," Casey said. "There seems to be broad support for health research, and members of Congress tend to think NIH takes care of that...