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

Sometime within the next 5 years we would have better information on the complexity of the disease.

How are you doing, Dr. Lenfant, on finding a cure for scleroderma?

These people come to us and say, you are giving NIH all the money. What is happening? I do not like to hear talk of long periods of time on appointing steering committees.

If we convey a sense that we are looking for a greater sense of urgency, if you get that message today, you are right.

Why does that take so long?

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

She speaks for the whole Congress.

And how much has autism research increased?

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

Is a tissue bank now being developed?

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

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

We have become a lightning rod for inquiries and demands.

I hope you are right.

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.

You are going to have a search committee?

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