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FY12 Spending Debate Comes to a Close

Congress completed, and the President signed into law, the FY12 appropriations bill. The $915 billion spending bill wraps up the remaining nine appropriations measures. The bill provides funding for programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National

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Rep. Rush Holt’s (D-NJ) Editorial in Most Recent Science

Science 16 September 2011:
Vol. 333 no. 6049 p. 1549
DOI: 10.1126/science.1211494
EDITORIAL:

Dueling Visions for Science

Rush Holt
Rush Holt is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District and has a doctoral degree in physics.

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Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus 2011 Briefing Series

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March 30

Are There Pharmaceutical Drugs That Can Treat Autistic Patients?
Mark Bear, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-338, Washington, DC

April 13

Suspended Animation: Control of Respiration during Trauma
Mark Roth, Ph.D., Fred Hutchison Cancer Center
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-340, Washington, DC

May 4

Leptin and the Biologic Basis of Obesity
Jeff Friedman, Ph.D., Rockefeller University
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B3-40, Washington, DC

June 1

A Genetic Blueprint for the Development of Your Heart
Eric Olson, Ph.D., University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-338, Washington, DC

June 22

New Therapies for Melanoma
Keith Flaherty, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-340, Washington, DC

July 6

Making a Face: The Role of Neural Crest Cells
Johanna Wysocka, Ph.D., Stanford University
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-369, Washington, DC

Sept. 7

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: How Research is Keeping Babies Safe
Hannah Kinney, MD, Harvard Medical School
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-340, Washington, DC

Sept. 21

Regenerative Medicine and its Role in Improving Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Military Service Members
Regina Armstrong, Ph.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-369, Washington, DC