Congress 'Concerned' About NCRR

Jan 29, 2011

NIH's plan to establish a National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and abolish the National Center for Research Resources has drawn some concerned inquiry from Congress. A staffer for a "key congressional committee" has sent NIH and the Department of Health and Human Services a letter requesting a long list of details about the reorganization, reports ScienceInsider.

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