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Arlen Specter: Ocular Albinism is one of the many diseases being researched by the NIH. This is why I have been pressing for a doubling…

On the recordJune 30, 2000
Ocular Albinism is one of the many diseases being researched by the NIH. This is why I have been pressing for a doubling of funding for NIH and have included a $2.7 billion increase in funding in this bill.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Discussing funding for the National Institutes of Health and research on Ocular Albinism.

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