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Advocating for NIH Funding

  • 1.  Advocating for NIH Funding

    Posted 04-07-2025 12:43:00 PM
    The funding of basic science research is essential for medical progress. The AAMC News team interviewed Victor Ambros, PhD, co-winner of the 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine, about how public support and scientific fellowship fueled his discovery of microRNA and revolutionized our understanding of gene regulation. These groundbreaking, life-saving discoveries are what is at stake with proposed cuts to NIH research funding. Nobel laureate: Basic science research is critical for medical progress
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    Nobel laureate: Basic science research is critical for medical progress
    Victor Ambros, PhD, co-winner of the 2024 prize in medicine, says public support and scientific fellowship fueled discovery of an RNA that regulates genes.
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    David Skorton
    President and CEO
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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