I think the venture capital idea--what we're trying to do is try to incentivize that.

The National Nanotechnology Initiative is at an important crossroad.

The United States remains the world leader in nanotechnology research and development.

This is why we strongly support the initiatives like Senator Pryor's data security legislation, which would set a national preemptive standard.

And you can see the results of that statutory funding?

I want to make sure that everybody understands what a tremendous advocate you have in Senator Collins.

I would like to start with you, Dr. Zimliki. You have given us great news on the artificial pancreas.

Do you anticipate that they will all be approximately the same cost, or will there be a big cost disparity?

And have we not designated a certain amount of funding or a percentage of funding to NIH specifically for diabetes research?

Thank you for fighting the good fight. It is certainly a fight worth fighting.

In Arkansas, we have a few counties where the incidence rate is over 10 percent, and that is not true in other counties.