Cutbacks On University Research Funding Could Hamper Innovation

A story about how cutbacks in federally funded research mean fewer ground breaking discoveries includes comments from Terence R. Flotte, MD, the Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor in Medicine, executive deputy chancellor, provost, dean of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine and professor of pediatrics and microbiology & physiological systems. The story refers to the discovery led by Jeanne Lawrence, PhD, professor and interim chair of cell & developmental biology, silencing the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome.
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