U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins hosted a visit from President Barack Obama. On 30 September, the final day of the 2009 fiscal year, the president chose NIH as the place to highlight the first year of spending from his 2-year, $787 billion economic stimulus package. The $5 billion disbursed by NIH to more than 12,000 grants is "the single largest boost to biomedical research in history," Obama said.
Obama came into the lab and said this place is boring. Is NIH losing its lustre ? Where's all the cures for all the diseases ? Is this really cutting-edge science ? Cancer research still continues to get the big bucks but is it worth it ? Is the trend gonna start going towards cancer prevention or still looking for the cure ?
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