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    April 25, 2019

    NIH Streamlines Gene Therapy Oversight and Charts a Course for Considering Emerging Technology

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    April 12, 2019

    Dr. Collins talks about the role of music in his personal and professional life in an interview with Above the Basement podcast

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    April 11, 2019

    Testimony on the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request before the Senate Committee

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    April 2, 2019

    Testimony on the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request before the House Committee

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    March 21, 2019

    NIH leaders address concerns of Chinese American biomedical professional societies in a letter to Science

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    Cas9 protein involved in the CRISPR gene-editing technology

    March 13, 2019

    Dr. Collins discusses NIH’s support for a moratorium on germline editing with NPR’s Rob Stein

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    CRISPR-Cas9

    March 13, 2019

    NIH supports international moratorium on clinical application of germline editing

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    Dr. Collins on 60 minutes

    March 10, 2019

    CBS 60 Minutes’ Dr. Jon LaPook speaks to Dr. Collins about new advances in using gene therapy as a potential cure for sickle cell disease.

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    Collins on PBS

    March 6, 2019

    Dr. Collins discusses sexual harassment in science & NIH efforts to address it on PBS NewsHour

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    Microscopic (TEM) image of Avian Influenza A H5N1 viruses

    March 5, 2019

    NIH commitment to transparency on research involving potential pandemic pathogens

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Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., was officially sworn in on August 17, 2009, as the 16th director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

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