New Director of NIH Francis Collins
videos, priorities of NIH
From Facebook WPI: Please write Dr. Francis Collins of the NIH and ask him to fund important biomedical research into Neuroimmune Disease Research.
These are his introductory congressional hearings. Also write the committee members and your senators in US to fund XMRV/MECFS research.
There's video or written testimony
http://energycommerce.house.gov/inde...rticle&id=2042
http://energycommerce.house.gov/inde...alth&Itemid=72
The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled NIH in the 21st Century: The Director's Perspective on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in room 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing examined the National Institutes of Healths research activities and priorities.
I watched this other introductory hearing: http://videocast.nih.gov/Summary.asp?File=15869
MECFS seems to fit right into his interests. He mentions Autism as a priority in both.
rare and neglected diseases
he was head of human genome project
drugs directed at gene mutations: Iressa drug for lung liver cancer depends EGFR gene mutation
pancreatic cancer need solution
TRND rare and neglected diseases
stem cells
finding pathogens in developing world
innovative new research areas
videos, priorities of NIH
From Facebook WPI: Please write Dr. Francis Collins of the NIH and ask him to fund important biomedical research into Neuroimmune Disease Research.
These are his introductory congressional hearings. Also write the committee members and your senators in US to fund XMRV/MECFS research.
There's video or written testimony
http://energycommerce.house.gov/inde...rticle&id=2042
http://energycommerce.house.gov/inde...alth&Itemid=72
The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled NIH in the 21st Century: The Director's Perspective on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in room 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing examined the National Institutes of Healths research activities and priorities.
I watched this other introductory hearing: http://videocast.nih.gov/Summary.asp?File=15869
MECFS seems to fit right into his interests. He mentions Autism as a priority in both.
rare and neglected diseases
he was head of human genome project
drugs directed at gene mutations: Iressa drug for lung liver cancer depends EGFR gene mutation
pancreatic cancer need solution
TRND rare and neglected diseases
stem cells
finding pathogens in developing world
innovative new research areas