What would be the largest sector where that money would go for research?

This woman came back, and it did not cure her of Parkinson's, but it really alleviated the symptoms greatly for her.

I am also interested in Parkinson's disease.

Are you saying that diabetes is a leading indicator for having a stroke?

Are you doing research into this?

It is scandalous when you have the major responsibility for funding health programs in the Federal Government but are not able to use any funds for stem cell research.

That's good.

I just think, Dr. Zerhouni, we're going to have to continue to work on that.

The idea was to get it back up to the level so that the peer-reviewed grants would be about where we were, I don't know, 25-30 years ago.

I always thought that it was higher than that. I don't know why I thought----

Well, we had said, when we added that money, that $647 million in the continuing resolution, that some of that would be used for high-risk, high-impact research.

We moved, on this committee, to appropriate very substantial sums over a 4-year period of time.

To sideline NIH on an issue of such importance, in my view, is shortsighted.

I always say it's one of my proudest accomplishments in my entire career in the Senate.

Of the 16 percent.

Well, it's been 3 years. How long is this trial going to be?

I think that has been about right. Maybe a little bit longer.

Of course, your institute is actively doing research in post-traumatic stress disorder?