It may be an impossible question when we ask when will a cure be found for Parkinson's.

Thank you very much, Dr. Zerhouni.

Does this new test pose real promise to give an easier, better diagnosis of breast cancer?

And when do you expect to have a permanent director there?

Ladies and gentlemen, what I want to be sure about, and I cannot quite accomplish it in this hearing today, is that we are not making any political decision, that you are making scientific decisions.

You are going to have a search committee?

Dr. Zerhouni, we are having a lot of comments on the Muscular Dystrophy Care Act, which called for the creation of multiple centers of excellence, signed into law in 2001.

I hope you are right.

We have become a lightning rod for inquiries and demands.

Well, why does it take almost 2 years, Dr. Penn?

Why is Gleevec only effective on this particular form of cancer?

Is a tissue bank now being developed?

We appreciate what you are doing. There are going to be questions submitted for the record.

And how much has autism research increased?

She speaks for the whole Congress.

Why is it taking so long?

Are you saying that is the maximum amount that can be efficiently spent on that research?

Why does that take so long?