Most Medical Research Using Chimps Isn’t Necessary, NIH Says December 15, 2011, 2:02 pm A report out today from the Institute of Medicine criticized most federally supported medical research on chimpanzees as unnecessary. Immediately afterward, Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institut[...]
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January 15th, 2011 - 8:56 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Francis Collins To Blocl 50% of Chimp Grants on Moral Grounds
December 9th, 2013 - 9:37 pm § in Misc.
PRESIDENT ROMNEY: Francis Helping Marco Reconcile the Truth
Following last week’s Easter Breakfast with the President and Secretary of the New Dept of Science at Miami’s Moroni Center Dr. Francis Collins, Senator Marco Rubio delivered a speech on his beliefs . The Senator, a former Mormon and a convert to Roman Catholicism, told how he and Dr.[...]
Why Trump deserved to lose
“The Trump administration engaged in ‘deliberate efforts’ to undermine the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic for political purposes, a congressional report released [on] Friday,” December 17, 2021, says (read story here). While the report was put out by a House subcom[...]
NIH director decides to retire
Dr. Francis Collins, who has led the National Institutes of Health since 2009, announced his retirement on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 (read story here). Collins, 71, is a respected expert in the field of genetics, and a renowned “gene hunter” (bio here). He was appointed to head the NIH [...]
Republicans trade lives for freedom: Your life, their freedom
News and liberal commentary. “The number of coronavirus-linked deaths worldwide surpassed the 1 million mark on Monday, … according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The United States has recorded the highest number of cases and deaths to date …. A University of Washing[...]
July 16th, 2019 - 12:05 pm § in Misc.
ORIGINS of the NIH: July 16, 1798 US establishes the Public Health Service
Chronology of Events 1700 | 1800 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 1700 1798 The Marine Hospital Service was established with the July 16 signing by President John Adams of an act for the relief of sick and disabled […][...]
April 3rd, 2016 - 5:51 pm § in Misc.
Presidential leadership in biomedicine should be an issue in the Wisconsin primary
Opposing views of Clinton and Sanders on biomedical research Opinions about science matter. This especially true in the case of stem cell biology where Republican religious views of human life have obstructed an entire field of biology. Tomorrow’s primary is in the state where stem cell [...]
August 14th, 2014 - 12:07 pm § in Misc.
August 14, Founding of Public Health Service
Chronology of Events 1700 | 1800 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 1700 1798 The Marine Hospital Service was established with the July 16 signing by President John Adams of an act for the relief of sick and disabled […][...]
May 7th, 2014 - 3:22 am § in Science
RESCUING US SCIENCE
Four Science Leaders Speak Out on How US Biomedical Research Can Survive Hard Times; “Rescuing U.S. Biomedical Research From Its Systemic Flaws” A recent article by Sam Stein on Huff Post sums it up pretty well, the US is suffering from a brain drain. Where once the best came here and becam[...]
A Devout Catholic Runs America’s Biological Research
Does Religion Matter? Francis Collins is the director of the National Institutes of Health. Collins has been controversial among scientists because he has held this position while also being an outspoken believer in te literal truth of the Christian Bible and, apparently, a fervent supporter of the[...]