NIH director: Congressional funding is ‘enormously reassuring and encouraging’
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, says the decision by Congress to give the NIH $2 billion in funding in the recent budget agreement is “such an inspiration for young scientists who have been feeling uneasy about their future.” Dr. Collins sat down with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric at the Milken Conference in Los Angeles to discuss the impact of the human genome project on medical research and the importance of science in today’s world.
