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Senate Confirms Francis S. Collins As NIH Director

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Francis Collins

On August 7, the U.S. Senate confirmed that former NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., will be the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Dr. Collins on July 8th. Dr. Collins, a physician and geneticist who led NHGRI from 1993 to 2008, managed the NIH component of the international Human Genome Project.

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bullet July 16, 2009: Researchers Uncover Genetic Variants Linked to Blood Pressure In African Americans New
National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a gene that suppresses tumor growth in melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
bullet July 16, 2009: Researchers Discover Evolutionary Event Underlying the Origin of Dachshunds, Other Dogs With Short Legs New
A single evolutionary event appears to explain the short, curved legs that characterize all of today's dachshunds, corgis, basset hounds and at least 16 other breeds of dogs, a team led by the National Human Genome Research Institute reports.




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