Advocates for NIH and the Life Sciences Century

Science Progress blogger Sean Pool’s recent piece about UMR’s new report, “An Economic Engine: NIH Research, Employment, and the Future of the Medical Innovation Sector,” and a report from Battelle about the economic impact of the human genome project provided an in depth look at the reports’ significant findings.  In addition to using compelling and [...]

This week, Lauran Neergaard of the Associated Press examined the difficulty in treating rare diseases. But, she notes, there is hope:
“The National Institutes of Health this fall will open a center to speed genetic discoveries into usable therapies, doing some of the riskiest early-stage research in hopes companies then will step in.
“A new International Rare [...]

At the launch event for the Profiles of Promise project last month, speakers ranged from Members of Congress, to scientists, to patient advocates; all of whom explained their reasons for supporting increased funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
 To hear NIH Director, Dr. Francis Collins discuss the lifesaving research that NIH funds, click here.
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Our recently launched project, Profiles of Promise, features bipartisan, bicameral Members of Congress dedicated to funding the life-saving work of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The devotion these Members show to medical research advocacy and their understanding of how the life sciences contribute to the broader American economy is captured in Senator Bob Casey’s [...]