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发帖数: 1527 | 1 http://www.metro.us/boston/news/local/2013/02/18/boston-med-res
Boston’s medical researchers and politicians are feeling ill and despite
the Hub being home to some of the nation’s leading medical facilities, the
cure for their ailment lies in Washington, D.C.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and some of the city’s
leading medical research heads expressed concern on Monday over the looming
across-the-board federal spending cuts that could put in danger one of the
city’s most important sectors.
If lawmakers don’t come to an agreement on budget cuts and act by March 1,
more than $1.2 trillion in automatic government-wide spending cuts over the
next 10 years will take effect, which could negatively impact the more than
$1 billion Boston facilities typically get each year in National Institutes
of Health grants.
“The research these scientists do is mind-blowing, and the idea that
Congress could slash their funding next month is mind-boggling,” said
Menino. “The doctors … have made it their life’s work to improve people’
s lives. I hope in the coming days we can say the same about Congress.”
Leaders from area hospitals and research universities briefed Menino and
Warren Monday at Boston Medical Center on the dangers of cuts to NIH
research funding.
With various universities, hospitals and medical research facilities in
Boston, the city receives more NIH funding than any other city in the nation
. In 2011, those facilities in the city received a combined $1.7 billion in
funding.
Dr. Bob Kingston, the chief of molecular biology at Massachusetts General
Hospital, said one of his biggest concerns is that funding cuts could lead
to a cut in the “next generation of great scientists.”
“It’s an issue for people who are 30 to 40 years old who are largely and
completely depending on NIH research funding,” said Kingston, who is also a
Harvard professor. “Those are the people who are going to be driving
research forward in the future and the big issue with cutting NIH funding is
that you’re eliminating a generation by dramatically decreasing the
ability of those people to stay in science.” | q*********a
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【在 i****e 的大作中提到】
: http://www.metro.us/boston/news/local/2013/02/18/boston-med-res
: Boston’s medical researchers and politicians are feeling ill and despite
: the Hub being home to some of the nation’s leading medical facilities, the
: cure for their ailment lies in Washington, D.C.
: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and some of the city’s
: leading medical research heads expressed concern on Monday over the looming
: across-the-board federal spending cuts that could put in danger one of the
: city’s most important sectors.
: If lawmakers don’t come to an agreement on budget cuts and act by March 1,
: more than $1.2 trillion in automatic government-wide spending cuts over the
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发帖数: 2041 | 3 Ouch, Barbas' company...well, I guess he already made his money.
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: pfizer在sd又砍了100个job
: Pfizer Inc. (PFE) to Close CovX Research LLC Unit in San Diego, Axes 100
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