The long-held but erroneous assumption of never-ending rapid growth in biomedical
science has created an unsustainable hypercompetitive system that is discouraging even …

Since the end of the Second World War, the United States has developed the world's
preeminent system for biomedical research, one that has given rise to revolutionary medical …

Young researchers are crucially important for basic science as they make unexpected,
fundamental discoveries. Since 1982, we find a steady drop in the number of grant-eligible …

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the world's largest biomedical research agency,
with a 75-year record of responding to the nation's key medical challenges. Today, medical …

As a result of the NIH investment in biomedical research, over the past 30 years we have
seen many great advances impacting the health of our nation which have been fostered by …

The mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is science in pursuit of fundamental
knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that …

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The current crisis in clinical research cannot be fully appreciated unless the underlying
economic, sociological and motivational problems in American medicine are fully …

Remarkable advances have been made recently in our understanding of the molecular and
genetic bases of disease. The potential therapeutic opportunities offered by these scientific …

In the last century and a half, scientific development has been breathtaking, but the
understanding of this progress has dramatically changed. It is characterized by the transition …