Twenty years ago we could do little to prevent or treat AMD. Today, because of new treatments and procedures based on NIH/NEI research, 1.3 million Americans at risk for severe vision loss from AMD over the next 5 years can receive potentially sight-saving therapies.
Collins highlights advancements in AMD treatment due to NIH/NEI research.
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Hi, Tony and Cliff. This proposal from three fringe epidemiologists... There needs to be a quick and devastating published takedown of its premises.
But I have to tell you, both of those groundbreaking projects, BRAIN and All of Us, are now at severe risk because of budget and workforce cuts.
I`m a scientist, I`m a doctor, I`m not a politician, but somehow this is all gotten tangled up, and people have lost their grip on evidence of what ought to be used to make a decision like this.
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