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Cheri Bustos: “So while the National Institutes of Health funding has seen some tremendous growth over the last 20 years, the funding…”

On the recordOctober 23, 2017
So while the National Institutes of Health funding has seen some tremendous growth over the last 20 years, the funding for Down syndrome research has remained somewhat flat.
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Cheri Bustos
Illinois

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Bustos highlights the stagnant funding for Down syndrome research despite overall NIH funding growth.

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