Congress compromises on rules governing NIH policies

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The House and Senate concurred on a compromise bill to revise the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) rules on biomedical research including a repeal of the ban on fetal tissue research. The bill's backers are confident they can override President Bush's promised veto; Bush opposes several provisions including the one on fetal tissue. The bill, called the 'NIH Revitalizing Amendments of 1992,' also contains provisions on ethics in research, scientific misconduct, conflict of interest and protection of whistleblowers.

Planning, Laws, regulations and rules, Medical research, United States. National Institutes of Health, Tissue banks

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Science on hit-list: the White House and Congress vie with each other in their ignorant attacks on science

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President Bush and the Democratic Congress, in trying to outdo one another in citing examples of wasteful federal spending on scientific research, showed their ignorance of the peer-review process and gave new life to the false idea that research is often ridiculous and beyond the grasp of everyday people. Both Congress and Bush should inquire seriously about the purpose of such projects and not take the politically easy but contemptible route of attacking research that appears senseless.

Editorial, Political aspects, Federal aid to research, Government aid to research, Bush, George H.W.

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