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March 11, 1997
Director's Lectures Feature HHMI Investigators
TRANSHARE Helps Pay for Your Commute
Fahner-Vihtelic Returns Successfully from Antarctica
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Glory Days Celebrated, Sought First Clinical Research Day Builds Past into Future By Carla Garnett
Nearly 50 years ago, NIH was poised to
transform itself and the way medical research was conducted.
In July 1947, Congress authorized more than $30 million in
construction funds for the agency to build a 600-bed
clinical research hospital. Since then, the Clinical Center
has been the site of dozens of breakthrough cures or
treatments for everything from acne to vasculitis.
Expert Group Examines Science Of Smoking Marijuana as Medicine By Carla Garnett
NIH convened a group of experts Feb. 19-20 to hear scientific
presentations and review research data on use of marijuana as
a therapeutic agent. Following the 11/2-day workshop, the
8-member group agreed that further study of the most promising
clinical applications of smoked marijuana is warranted, said Dr.
William Beaver, professor of pharmacology at Georgetown
University School of Medicine and chair of the ad hoc group.
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