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October 30, 2001
Vol. LIII, No. 22

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NIH Grantees
Win Nobel Prizes

Summer Program
Is Incubator for
Young Scientists

First VRC AIDS Vaccine Enters Clinical Trial

Jack Bishop:
Scientist and Beekeeper


News Briefs

New Appointments

Awardees

Retirees

Study Subjects Sought


U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services

National Institutes of Health

NIH Record Archives

 

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The NIH Record

At Ground Zero
NIH'ers Respond to Tragedy in NYC

By Rich McManus

Message in post-tragedy dust

Whether summoned by duty or conscience, a cadre of NIH employees found themselves at ground zero at the World Trade Center in the weeks following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, and though all emerged stunned by the devastation they had witnessed, all expressed deep honor at having answered the call to serve.
M O R E . . .

When Too Much Is Just Fine
Medicine's Future Glimpsed at 15th Research Festival

By Rich McManus

It isn't only the scientific authorities who are getting better at planning the yearly festivals of NIH intramural research — the consensus was that 2001 was an unusually strong year — but also attendees are getting more savvy; they have evolved a strategy that seems more ruthless each year: they go to the parts that interest them, and flee when the topics fail to stimulate.
M O R E . . .