The United States has been a world leader in biomedical research and the development of transformative technologies like CRISPR and gene editing technologies because of the sustained support of the NIH for scientifically sound, peer reviewed, basic, translational and clinical research.
Patty Murray: “The United States has been a world leader in biomedical research and the development of transformative technologies like…”
On the recordNovember 13, 2017
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Murray emphasizes NIH's role in U.S. biomedical research leadership.
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