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Comment
. 2014 Jul 1;111(26):E2632-3.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1408267111. Epub 2014 Jun 11.

Rescuing US biomedical research: some comments on Alberts, Kirschner, Tilghman, and Varmus

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Rescuing US biomedical research: some comments on Alberts, Kirschner, Tilghman, and Varmus

Thomas Kelly et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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NIH Expenditures vs. GDP 1984–2013. GDP data from www.bea.gov/national/xls/gdplev.xls. NIH Expenditures from http://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/spending_hist.html. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act spending not included. GDP in trillions, NIH expenditures in billions of 2009 dollars.

Comment on

  • Rescuing US biomedical research from its systemic flaws.
    Alberts B, Kirschner MW, Tilghman S, Varmus H. Alberts B, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Apr 22;111(16):5773-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1404402111. Epub 2014 Apr 14. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014. PMID: 24733905 Free PMC article.

References

    1. Alberts B, Kirschner MW, Tilghman S, Varmus H. Rescuing US biomedical research from its systemic flaws. Proc Natl Acad Soc USA. 2014;111(16):5773–5777. - PMC - PubMed

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