Medical research has been called an accelerator for America’s future and its successes are awe-inspiring: Regenerative medicine research has given people a second chance at life. Stem cells were taken from a child’s own bone marrow to create and implant a windpipe in a 2½ year-old-girl. The Human Genome Project served as the research catalyst that allowed us to read all three billion letters in human DNA code. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has led research providing major advancements in our understanding of diseases like Alzheimer’s, cancer, and Parkinson’s.
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