Response to: "Rescuing the NIH before it is too late" from the Deputy Director for Extramural Research.
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For a number of reasons, the NIH and the biomedical research community are facing a period of fiscal constraint after pronounced growth. In these difficult times, it is important that we all speak from the facts and work together to do a better job of explaining the importance of the nation's investment in biomedical research.
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Rescuing the NIH before it is too late.
In the Coen brothers' The Big Lebowski the hero, who calls himself "The Dude," has just had his apartment broken into by some dumb thugs. One of the thugs lifts the Dude's prized bowling ball and says, "What . . . is this?" The Dude replies, "Obviously you are not a golfer." The current state of the NIH prompts me to say to its director, Dr. Elias Zerhouni, "Obviously you are not a scientist."
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of clinical investigation
دوره 116 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006